Marco Rubio, the new Secretary of State of the United States, plans to visit the Dominican Republic at the end of this month or at the beginning of February.
The official would also include Panama, Guatemala, El Salvador and Costa Rica, according to the information that has emerged.
The presence of senior Yanque official in the country responds to an “interference policy” of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, according to political scientist Daniel Pou.
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“This visit to countries that have a stable democracy, and that have a certain prestige in the Central American and Caribbean region, seeks to align those countries with the foreign policy of the Trump government,” he indicated.
The expert specified Today newspaperthat the president strategically seeks to stop the “free competition” of some Asian powers in the region and other countries.
In addition to blocking other commercial markets, Rubio, in the opinion of the specialist, looks for these three things in the Dominican Republic.
- Political support or alignment: The specialist suggests that through the Secretary of State, Trump seeks to get countries like the DR that have maintained “a prudent distance” to align with his foreign policy.
- Support with the issue of migrants: Pou understands that support from the region is sought with anti-immigrant measures, such as mass deportations.
- Stop China’s penetration : He explained in this sense that Chinese capital is making a “very strong penetration into our country,” including a donation of ambulances that that Asian country made to the Dominican Republic.
What remains of the “Good Neighbor”
Unlike what was established through the good neighbor policy promoted by former President Franklin Roosevelt in 1933, which sought to establish friendly relations and mutual defense agreements with the nations of Latin America, Trump seeks to impose “commercial terrorism.”
