Trump, Latin America and Rubio

Rubio Brings a Tough Trump Message to Latin America
Marco Rubio’s choice of Latin America for his first trip abroad as top US diplomat reinforces two of President Donald Trump’s priorities early in his second term — deportations and securing the Panama Canal from perceived Chinese control.
Rubio to take up Trump's Panama gambit, migration crusade in Latin America visit
Secretary of State Marco Rubio's first stop this weekend will be Panama City as Trump' administration shifts back Washington's focus to Latin America.
Trump’s Pause of U.S. Foreign Assistance to Latin America: An “America Last” Policy
The unprecedented pause and potential elimination of many U.S. foreign assistance programs, announced in President Trump’s executive order “Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid,” has caused shock waves worldwide.
Sec. Rubio's first overseas trip focuses on Latin America, Panama Canal
Marco Rubio is making his first overseas trip as U.S. Secretary of State. One country in particular will be getting a lot of attention: Panama and its canal.
On first trip, Rubio to wield big stick in Latin America
Traditionally, when US secretaries of state make their international debuts, they travel to major US allies and offer bromides about working together.
Grenell, Rubio talk migration in Latin America
President DONALD TRUMP’s envoys are on a Latin America push as his administration tries to find a way to actually enact his promised massive deportations of undocumented migrants. Secretary of State MARCO RUBIO,
Trump’s special envoy expected to meet Maduro ahead of Rubio’s first trip to Latin America
President Donald Trump’s envoy for special missions, Richard Grenell, is expected to meet with Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro on Friday, just before Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a fierce opponent of negotiations with the Venezuelan leader in the past,
Trump's foreign aid freeze guts grassroots groups helping migrants in Latin America
Trump has made it a priority to deter migrants from entering the U.S. illegally and many of the aid programs he halted are ...
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IUCN's Highest Governing Body Convenes for the First Time in Latin America, in Guatemala
The 112th IUCN Council Meeting takes place in the historic colonial city of La Antigua Guatemala, from 28 to 30 January 2025.
Climate change is disrupting food systems across Latin America, UN report says
Violent weather exacerbated by climate change fueled hunger and food insecurity across Latin America and the Caribbean in ...
Trump administration in talks to send Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador prisons
The Trump administration says it's in talks with El Salvador to take third-country migrants and aims to send members of a ...
As countries push back on deportations, Trump trades words, threats
Mexico, Colombia and Brazil push back on Trump's deportation of migrants. He promises 25% tariffs, travel ban on Colombia.
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Guatemala’s Democracy Still Has a Chance, but It Needs U.S. Support
Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo gives an interview at the National Palace, in Guatemala City, Guatemala, Jan. 15, 2025 (AP photo by Emmanuel Andres). U.S. President Donald Trump inherited a ...
Strong-Arming Latin America Will Work Until It Doesn’t
So Trump will likely get his way in more cases than not. But he shouldn’t celebrate just yet, because the short-term payoff ...
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US migrant deportation flights arrive in Latin America
U.S. military planes carrying dozens of expelled migrants arrived in Guatemala, authorities said ... authoritarian regimes in Central and South America, leaving thousands of people stranded ...