The electro president of the United States, Donald Trump plans to appoint Cuban-born senator Marco Rubio as diplomatic leader. as reported by The New York Times.
According to the American newspaper, which cites sources close to who will be the new president of the North American nation, it is likely that the 53-year-old Republican senator will be named Secretary of State, this after he was on the list of possible formulas vice-presidential elections, something where he lost the pulse with JD Vance.
Rubio, a Republican from Miami, has been in the Senate since 2010 and has held key foreign policy positions such as a hard line against Iran and China, as well as a favorable stance to end the war between Russia and Ukraine.
The senator already played an important role in Donald Trump’s first term, establishing notable influence on Latin American policy from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, however, in the past he has also been considered by American conservatives as hesitant on matters. of immigration.
Another detail in foreign policy is the criticism that Rubio has exerted on some Latin American governments, being a strong opponent of the leaders of Venezuela and Nicaragua, Nicolás Maduro and Daniel Ortega, in addition to being against the Castro government of Cuba.
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In fact, in 2019, it was Rubio who From the United States Senate he persuaded the then government of Donald Trump to exercise sanctions against the regime of Nicolás Maduro. “It’s just a matter of time. The only thing we don’t know is how long it will take, and if it will be peaceful or bloody,” the senator said at the time about the Chavista leader to local media.
The Cuban-born parliamentarian also exerted pressure at the time to sanction the former president of Argentina, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, and other officials in her cabinet who have been accused of corruption.
“One of the most worrying challenges we face as a region is the growing threat posed by China, Russia and Iran. It is worrying that dictatorships such as those of Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua serve as bastions of evil for Beijing, Moscow and Tehran”he declared this year for the El Clarín media while meeting with the current president of Argentina, Javier Milei.
Rubio would join Trump’s cabinet after being his internal rival in the Republican Party in the past to represent that group in the race for the White House. At the time, the senator said that Trump had “small hands” and called him a “conman,” while the magnate mocked him by referring to him with the nickname “Little Marco.”
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