Rubio to travel to 5 Latin American nations, says State Dept

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Rubio is shown in Washington
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the State Department in Washington, U.S., January 21, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Source: REUTERS

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Panama, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and the Dominican Republic from Feb. 1-6, the State Department said in a statement on Friday.

His trip will promote regional cooperation on core shared interests such as stopping illegal and large-scale migration, fighting transnational criminal organizations and drug traffickers as well as countering China, it said.

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