Rubio visa revocations Donroe Doctrine

    by Flint: Marco Rubio

    Roger Mariaca is the name Bolivia's going to have to sit with. The attorney general got called out by the State Department directly, accused of pocketing bribes so narco-traffickers and violent criminals could walk. His visa is gone. He's not traveling alone. Sec. Marco Rubio stripped visas from 17 people plus their families, spread across Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, and the stated grounds are corruption and narco-trafficking. On the list: a former Bolivian justice minister, prosecutors, judges, and Colombian Senator Martha Peralta, who sits with Petro's Historic Pact. State Department put it bluntly: "Corrupt officials, and the criminals they protect, are not welcome in the United States." That's the Donroe Doctrine. Latin American nations fall in line with stability, and the ones working against our interests find out fast. #MarcoRubio

    Transcript (en)

    I think one of the most exciting developments in our region over the last couple years has been the emergence of strong leaders who are committed to the challenge of taking on transnational terrorism which is an enormous threat to all of us. These are groups that unlike in the past were simply drug cartels that were involved in illicit activity, these groups today are sophisticated. In many cases they rival the state in terms of the resources available to them, be be they financial or military or even an intelligence gathering. And the key part is that they are transnational. They cross, they don't recognize borders, and they operate in multiple countries and in connection and coordination with one another. And so if the enemies of peace are going to coordinate, then so too those of us who have an obligation to protect our people and the sovereignty of our countries need to coordinate as well. And that was always the idea behind the shield is like-minded democratically elected leaders