U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio kicked off his trip to Latin America, arriving in Panama on Saturday, with a focus on the Panama Canal and China’s intrusion into the zone.
“Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Panama, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and the Dominican Republic from February 1–6 to advance President Trump’s America First foreign policy,” said a Jan. 31 statement from the U.S. Department of State.
Rubio is expected to discuss the United States’s interest in the critical waterway connecting the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. The president has suggested retaking control over the canal, citing the threat of Chinese hegemony in the region….