In a region where cocaine flows and commerce intertwine, Secretary of State Marco Rubio traveled to Colombia this week as the opening move in a deliberate Andean diplomatic campaign. His itinerary — Colombia, then Ecuador, then Peru — reflects Washington's emerging conviction that narcotics enforcement and trade policy are not parallel tracks but a single road. The visit asks a quiet but consequential question: can the United States rebuild its role as the region's indispensable partner at a moment when that role is no longer assumed?
Rubio Presses Colombia on Drug Trafficking and Trade in Regional Tour
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