Newly sworn-in Secretary of State Marco Rubio will journey to Panama for his first worldwide journey because the nation’s prime diplomat, Fox Information has realized.
Although particulars are nonetheless being labored out, the go to may come as early as subsequent week.
The deliberate journey comes after repeated vows by President Donald Trump – who returned to the White Home on Monday – to take again the Panama Canal.
Trump talked about the Panama Canal once more throughout his inaugural deal with on Monday, claiming that it was now within the palms of China and vowing to take it again.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks after being sworn in by Vice President JD Vance within the Vice Presidential Ceremonial Workplace within the Eisenhower Government Workplace Constructing on the White Home campus, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Picture/Evan Vucci)
“China is working the Panama Canal. And we didn’t give it to China, we gave it to Panama, and we’re taking it again,” Trump mentioned.
Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino responded forcefully to Trump’s feedback on Wednesday saying, “we reject in its entirety every little thing that Mr. Trump has mentioned. First, as a result of it’s false and second, as a result of the Panama Canal belongs to Panama and can proceed to belong to Panama.”
The Marshall Islands cargo ship Cape Hellas (L) and the Portuguese cargo ship MSC Elma sail on Gatun Lake close to the Agua Clara Locks of the Panama Canal in Colon Metropolis, Panama, on December 28, 2024. (ARNULFO FRANCO/AFP by way of Getty Photos)
The U.S. constructed the canal within the early 1900s beneath then President Theodore Roosevelt because it appeared for tactics to facilitate the transit of economic and army vessels between its coasts. Washington relinquished management of the waterway to Panama on Dec. 31, 1999, beneath a treaty signed in 1977 by then President Jimmy Carter.
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Information of Rubio’s journey was first reported by Politico and will embody different Central American international locations like Guatemala and El Salvador, the place Rubio is predicted to handle a prime precedence of curbing mass migration that he outlined earlier this week.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is sworn by Vice President JD Vance within the Vice Presidential Ceremonial Workplace within the Eisenhower Government Workplace Constructing on the White Home campus, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in Washington, as his spouse, Jeanette Rubio, appears to be like on. (AP Picture/Evan Vucci)
State Division spokeswoman Tammy Bruce tells Fox Information that “Secretary Rubio is prioritizing the area as a result of it’s the place we reside,” including “we gained’t proceed to disregard the area as different administrations have.”
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She added: “Partaking with our neighbors is a crucial factor in addressing migration, provide chains, and financial development, that are key to Secretary Rubio’s pursuit of overseas coverage centered on making America robust, affluent, and protected.”
Fox Information Digital’s Adam Shaw and The Related Press contributed to this report.
