San José, Feb 4, 2025 (AFP) - Rubio in Costa Rica as he seeks to curb China influence

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2025-02-04

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived Tuesday in Costa Rica as he presses to curb Chinese influence in Latin America on his first foreign trip. Rubio, a longtime hawk on China, began his trip in Panama where he reported headway in his push to decrease China's influence around the crucial Panama Canal. Like Panama, Costa Rica is a longstanding US partner that in recent years received a surge in Chinese investment. Costa Rica in 2007 switched r......

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