“I’m concerned with U.S. policy toward Latin America,” the congressman from New York said at forty-ninth Washington Conference on the Americas.
The Vice President outlined the next steps the Trump administration is ready to take to pressure the Maduro regime.
The U.S. senator addressed the situation in Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela after receiving the COA Chairman’s Award for Leadership in the Americas.
The annual event at the State Department focused on disruption in the hemisphere and featured U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, and Salvadoran President-elect Nayib Bukele.
In discussing China's role in Latin America, Assistant Secretary Breier touched on issues including intellectual property, 5G, Venezuela, and more.
A primer on what ails the region, and why the U.S. administration is not helping.
The response to Venezuela's health crisis should be "region-led and not U.S.-led," said Secretary Alex Azar, though Washington will provide support and resources.
