Blinken’s one-week trip to three Latin American countries.
The US Secretary of State will leave on Monday for a week-long trip to three Latin American countries that have found new leftist leaders.
Anthony Blinken, the US Secretary of State, is leaving for a week-long trip to these three countries with the aim of expressing his country’s commitment to the Latin American region and meeting the new leftist leaders who have taken office in Colombia, Chile and Peru.
According to “Reuters” news agency, Blinken is leaving for this trip while the United States is worried that its neglect in this area has allowed China to gain economic gains there.
During his trip to these three countries, the senior American diplomat is supposed to participate in a meeting of foreign ministers and hold talks on regional challenges including immigration, drug trafficking, improving the situation in the post-pandemic era, climate change, and the Venezuelan crisis.
According to Reuters, US officials have said in private circles that the US needs to show its southern neighbors that they remain a political priority for Washington despite its focus on major geopolitical issues such as Russia’s war in Ukraine and China’s threat to Taiwan.
Colombia, the first stop on Blaken’s trip, could serve as a benchmark for America’s once close relationship with the country. Colombia’s new leftist president, Gustavo Petro, a former rebel figure, has called the US-led war on drugs a failure and called for a new international approach.
Chile is the second stop of this Blinken trip; A country where not long ago Gabriel Burik, a former leader of protesters against the previous government, was elected as the youngest president in the country’s history. In the midst of political unrest in Chile, he has promised to implement ambitious social reforms.
