Trump, Rubio and Latin America

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29

PROGRAM #10669  12:00 PM PT 

Trump, Rubio and Latin America. 

Marco Rubio, a Cuban-American, became the US Secretary of State. Rubio will make his first official trip abroad this week to Central America, including a stop in Panama, amid President Trump’s threats to retake the Panama Canal. What’s Rubio’s agenda on Central America and Panama? What will Trump’s foreign policy mean for countries like Cuba and Venezuela? What’s behind the designation of the Gulf of Mexico as Gulf of America? What are the ramifications for Mexico of Trump’s designation of cartels as terrorist organizations? This program also features news about the ceasefire in Gaza, including Israeli raids in the West Bank and Trump’s actions around the ceasefire agreement.

Guests: Nelson De Leon Kantule (“Dad Neba” or Grandfather of the Plains), Communications Representative for the Kuna Indigenous People, Panamá, PANAMÁ; Manuel Orestes Nieto, Writer, National Literature Prize Casa las Américas, Former Diplomat, Representative of the Omar Torrijos Foundation, Panamá, PANAMÁ; Laura Carlsen, Political Analyst, Director, Independent Center for International Relations Look Out: Feminisms and Democracy, MX; Pietro Ameglio, Peace Activist, Professor, Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, National Autonomous University of Mexico-UNAM, Mexico City, MX.

Photo: US DOT/Wikimedia commons

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