Bill advances “Security Strategy of the Western Hemisphere”

MIAMI, United States.- The Committee on Foreign Relations of the United States Senate approved this Tuesday the Western Hemisphere Security Strategy Act of 2022, a bipartisan bill presented last February by Senators Marco Rubio and Bob Menendez.

In a release Together, Rubio, a Republican from Florida, and Menendez, a Democrat from New Jersey, assured that the bill seeks to improve the United States’ commitment to the region “at a time when the destabilizing impact of authoritarian regimes and transnational criminal organizations , in addition to the malign activities of state actors such as China and Russia, pose risks to the national security” of the country.

According to a note from Radio Televisión Martí, for its part, the bipartisan bill would propose an increase in bilateral and multilateral security cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as a boost to interrupt and counteract illicit drug trafficking.

“As destabilizing dictatorships and the malign influence of foreign actors continue to present challenges to the United States and the hemisphere, this bill represents another important step forward to help restore the defense of democracy as a central pillar of foreign policy. of the United States,” said Menendez after the approval in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, an instance that he chairs.

It is a “common sense project in recognition of the significant deterioration of the democratic consensus in the Americas,” he added.

Meanwhile, blond frame He stated that “adversaries like Beijing and Moscow continue to expand their influence and presence in the region” and that “the rise of anti-American dictators has devastating consequences for the entire hemisphere.”

“The rates of crime, drugs, illegal migration and human trafficking are through the roof. The risk cannot be underestimated, and the United States must work with other democracies in the region to prevent further destabilization,” she said.

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