Rubio heads to Central America amid Trump's push to reclaim Panama Canal

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is scheduled to sojourn Panama and different countries successful Central America amid President Donald Trump’s propulsion to reclaim the Panama Canal and Washington’s efforts to curb amerciable migration.

The travel is expected to people Rubio’s archetypal overseas sojourn arsenic caput of state. U.S. quality outlet Politico reported that Rubio’s itinerary includes stops successful Panama, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic.

A State Department spokesperson told VOA, “We don’t person immoderate question to denote astatine this time.”

President Trump has said helium has not ruled retired the anticipation of either subject oregon economical measures to execute his stated extremity of bringing the Panama Canal backmost nether U.S. control.

Earlier this week, Rubio outlined his overseas argumentation priorities, including halting the wide introduction of undocumented migrants into the United States.

“The State Department volition nary longer undertake immoderate activities that facilitate oregon promote wide migration,” Rubio said successful a statement. “Our diplomatic relations with different countries, peculiarly successful the Western Hemisphere, volition prioritize securing America’s borders, stopping amerciable and destabilizing migration, and negotiating the repatriation of amerciable immigrants” to their location countries.