US Secretary of State Marco Rubio pledged closer security cooperation with Bogota on the first stop of his three-nation tour of pro-Washington Latin American nations. Rubio hailed the election of Colombian President Abelardo De La Espriella as part of a growing alignment with US interests across the Western Hemisphere.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday he hoped to see the US security relationship with Colombia rebound under the country's newly inaugurated far-right president, as Rubio began a tour of Latin American countries whose leaders are closely aligned with US President Donald Trump's administration.
