Rubio meets Trump-friendly new president of Peru
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is wrapping up his three-nation South America tour of conservative-led countries in Peru as President Donald Trump’s administration steps up its counternarcotics and immigration efforts throughout the Western Hemisphere. Rubio has met Peruvian President Keiko Fujimori on Thursday after already seeing the Trump-aligned leaders of Colombia and Ecuador to cement cooperation on fighting drug traffickers and reducing illegal migration.
Trump and Rubio in particular have prioritized having the hemisphere take an increasingly tough stance on what they term “narcoterrorism,” with military strikes against alleged drug traffickers. As Rubio arrived in Lima late Wednesday, hundreds of people protested.
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