This Tuesday begins the three -day tour of the US Secretary of StateMarco Rubioby Mexico y Ecuador. This is his second official trip to Spanish -speaking countries since he assumed office.
Rubio will meet Wednesday with the President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaumin a meeting marked by the security agenda against the criminal cartels and the deepening of bilateral relations. Washington’s priorities include “rapid and decisive actions To dismantle the cartels, stop the traffic of fentanyl, stop illegal immigration, reduce the commercial deficit, promote economic prosperity and counteract the extra -contracting malignant actors, ”according to the statement issued days ago by the Department of State.
Likewise, the Secretary of Cuban origin will interview with the Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboawhich like its Mexican counterpart faces an unprecedented security crisis: Ecuador is currently one of the most violent countries in Latin America, with 39 Homicides per 100,000 inhabitants.
In the case of relations between Washington and Mexico City, the ideal objective would be to move towards a new “Security Agreement”However, the tanger and loosen Between both capitals he could hinder his concretion: the United States presses its southern neighbor to intensify the fight against drug trafficking and, even hovering a threat of a military intervention in the vicinity of the country if alternatives were not offered. In recent bars, tensions have been appeased. “The United States will not come to Mexico with the military, There will be no invasion”Said Sheinbaum. The state department statement also introduces this time a different nuance and insists on the “distribution of responsibilities”.
However, the Mexican governmentfor its part, it shows cautious just two days after approved Your first presidential reportin which he stressed that in the face of the new “tariff reality established by the United States, we have achieved build a relationship of mutual respect“The document also stressed that Mexico is the country with the”lower percentage of tariff rates worldwide”.
Both parties have confirmed that a document will not necessarily be signed during this visit, but that the debate will support them foundations of the when Trump administration suspended 25% tariffs to Mexico. The most recent antecedent is the June meeting between Sheinbaum and Undersecretary of State Christopher Landauwhere, despite the advances, the Mexican president reiterated her rejection of the raids against migrantsto which he described as measures that “criminalize workers”. What Mexico is looking for: Mutual trust, shared responsibility, respect for sovereignty and cooperation without subordination.
“External threats”
American foreign policy under the second Trump administration has been marked by two axes: the Security and trade. Both are negotiated under the Transactional logic que demand Washington and through the Amenaza is a maximalist To get the In initial intended purposes. The decision of Pentagon to display to combat drug trafficking and cartels – to which Washington links with the Nicolás Maduro Cabinet– He raised the tension to unpublished levels in the region. Maduro described the operation as “Lto greater threat that has been seen in our continent in the last 100 years”And he came to declare a possible case of war: “If Venezuela is attacked, we would declare ourselves in armed struggle y Republic in arms”.
In response to what he considers a “criminal and bloody” threat, the Venezuelan government announced the creation of “Combat militia communal units“In all communes, which would mean the incorporation of 8.2 million militiamen to face an eventual US military incursion.
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