Author: Marco Rubio, Secretary of State

(Via translation.) QUESTION:  Thank you for agreeing to this interview.  You have described Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba as enemies of humanity.  And now the seizure of the second plane from Nicolás Maduro’s regime.   What message is the United States sending to these undemocratic countries under this administration?  SECRETARY RUBIO:  This specific plane was in violation […]

SECRETARY RUBIO:  We wanted to come here today and finish our trip by showing you firsthand the kind of foreign aid America wants to be involved in.  These are programs that most certainly make us safer and stronger, with the opportunity to be more prosperous.  First you saw a demonstration of the work that’s being […]

FOREIGN MINISTER HILL: (Via interpreter) His Excellency the Secretary of State, my friend, Marco Rubio, and members of his delegation; your excellency the U.S. ambassador accredited in our country, Mr. William Duncan; Madam Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Adriana Mira; to the president of the Hydroelectric Commission of the Lempa River, Daniel Álvarez; Madam Salvadoran […]

MR BARRETT:  Good afternoon.  It took us a little while to get in the room because there was a band of Floridians blocking the entrance.  But it is great to see friends, colleagues, embassy kids.  Welcome.  How are you guys doing? Well, it is my pleasure to welcome Secretary Rubio to Panama, his first visit […]

Within the first two weeks of President Trump’s term, the State Department took decisive action to rescind major last-minute policy changes on Cuba announced by the previous administration on January 14. The President acted on his first day in office to keep Cuba on the SST list, where it belongs. The Cuban regime has long […]

We commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day, designated by the United Nations to mark the anniversary of the January 27, 1945, liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration and death camp. We solemnly remember the six million Jews who were systematically murdered across Europe by the Nazis and their collaborators, as well as the millions of […]