Marco travels to Latin America

Panama Canal Negotiations in Focus as Rubio Visits Central America

‘It is not in the national interest of the United States to have a canal we paid for and we built used as a leverage and a weapon against us,’ Rubio said.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio kicked off his trip to Latin America, arriving in Panama on Feb. 1, 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 [Donald] Trump’s America First foreign policy,” the U.S. Department of State said in a Jan. 31 statement.

Rubio is expected to discuss the United States’ 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.

As we now know, Marco made a deal with Panama's President.

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