U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Panama, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and the Dominican Republic from Feb. 1-6, the State Department said in a statement on Friday. His trip will promote regional cooperation on core shared interests such as stopping illegal and large-scale migration,

The administration has already ramped up deportations, using military flights to send migrants to Latin American countries

He was a popular TV journalist when elected as El Salvador’s first modern-day leftist leader in 2009, but he went into exile hounded by corruption charges.

Rubio is expected to visit Panama, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, and the Dominican Republic, according to the Department of State

Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Panama, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and the Dominican Republic from February 1-6 to advance

Costa Rica, a gem in Central America known for its biodiversity and stable democracy, has a storied past that led to its independence. The journey to

Rubio's stop in Panama also comes as Trump in recent weeks has said he wants the Panama Canal back under U.S. control, claiming that “American ships are being severely overcharged and not treated fairly in any way,

Trump and Nayib Bukele discuss immigration and gang crackdown, with Trump commending El Salvadoran's leadership in region - Anadolu Ajansı

Last year's increase nearly doubled El Salvador's inbound tourist numbers in comparison to the period from 2013 to 2016.

Amid the deportations, Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Panama, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, and the Dominican Republic during his first foreign trip as the country’s top ...

Trump has made it a priority to deter migrants from entering the U.S. illegally and many of the aid programs he halted are funded through the State Department's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, which provides humanitarian assistance to those fleeing persecution, crisis, or violence.

Traditionally, when US secretaries of state make their international debuts, they travel to major US allies and offer bromides about working together.