In the long and complicated story of hemispheric relations, Secretary of State Marco Rubio's arrival in Bogotá this week marks a deliberate opening move — a choice to begin a South American tour in a country whose leadership has aligned itself with Washington's current political direction. The visit is less about a single meeting than about a signal: that the Trump administration intends to build its regional influence through ideological kinship rather than broad engagement. Where diplomacy begins, and with whom, is itself a form of policy.