A Midterm Setback Complicates Rubio’s Latin America Policy
By
Orlando J. Pérez
The elections have reshuffled power in Washington. Expect more control and oversight on three key fronts.
For all practical purposes, since the start of Donald Trump’s second term, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has run Washington’s policy toward Latin America. Hailing from Florida, Rubio and the entire administration would be wise to heed the message the midterm elections delivered in a particular part of the state: Miami-Dade County. Rubio began his political career in the Miami-Dade neighborhoods and, drawing inspiration and support from that constituency, built his cases on Venezuela and Cuba. On Nov. 3, those neighborhoods came close to rejecting two of the...
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