Donald Trump's top diplomat will fly Wednesday to Jamaica for a summit of the Caribbean Community before stops Thursday both in Guyana and neighboring Suriname, the State Department said.
It will be Rubio's second trip south of the US border since taking office as the Trump administration puts a laser-focus on preventing migration.
A Kenyan-led international security mission supported by former president Joe Biden has deployed to Haiti in hopes of bringing stability, but the troop force has come up short and violence has resumed.
Rubio has made an exemption to sweeping cuts in US assistance to allow the continuation of US support to the Haiti mission. The Trump administration has yet to announce new ideas on Haiti, beyond revoking deportation protections for thousands of Haitians living in the United States.
“The circumstances are dire,“ he told reporters.
“It is a strategy in development.”
“If that can be achieved, we need to discuss the future of Haiti,“ which can include incentives for domestic manufacturing, Rubio said.
Rubio will be the third successive US secretary of state to visit Guyana with interest spiking after the discovery of major oil reserves. The South American country now has the largest crude oil reserves in the world on a per capita basis.
Guyana earlier this month denounced what it called a Venezuelan military vessel's incursion in its waters. Venezuela denied any violation and requested a meeting between Maduro and Guyanese President Irfaan Ali, who dismissed the offer.
“We want to work with Guyana in order to ensure the cooperation there and its guarantees on its security. We’ve seen the threats from Venezuela,“ he said.
Ali, despite his cooperation with the United States, said that Caribbean nations have concerns they would raise with Rubio about another threatened Trump move -- fines for use of Chinese-made container ships.
“We have to have early conversations to ensure that we mitigate or minimize the impact on the region,“ Ali said.
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