Proud son of a diplomat and former 🇺🇸 Ambassador to 🇲🇽. Honored to serve my country as Deputy Secretary of State.
- A truly exceptional slate of meetings with government leaders in Singapore—Prime Minister Wong, Foreign Minister Balakrishnan, Home Affairs Minister Shanmugam, Digital Development Minister Teo, Trade & Industry Secretary Beh, and Foreign Secretary Foo. The meritocratic spirit of
- I greatly admire Singapore’s former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, who transformed his small island nation into one of the world’s economic powerhouses. He understood that liberty and order are flip sides of the same coin, and that liberty without order is anarchy and order without
- The US and other democratic nations of the Western Hemisphere are not going to allow narco-funded mobs to threaten the legitimate government of Bolivia. 🇺🇸🇵🇾🇩🇴🇧🇴🇦🇷🇨🇱🇪🇨🇭🇳🇸🇻🇬🇾🇹🇹🇵🇦🇨🇷
- Christopher Landau repostedFor decades, Cuba has been the world capital for radical left-wing terrorism. The regime in Havana has recruited, trained and backed violent Marxist and third-worldist movements across our hemisphere and beyond. Today, we are targeting the network that enables and funds Cuba's
- .@SecRubio testified before Congress this week that the US is committed to protecting Colombia’s democracy. He has also explained on many occasions that a US visa is a privilege, not a right, and that visa denials and revocations are powerful tools for advancing our foreign
- The Ortega-Murillo dictatorship in Nicaragua is responsible for the death of Brooklyn Rivera, leader of the indigenous-aligned YATAMA political party. He died this weekend as the regime's prisoner after 3 years of inhumane treatment, unjust detention, and enforced disappearance.
- While in the Dominican Republic yesterday, I was delighted to visit @TheAESCorp’s impressive liquid natural gas facility near Santo Domingo. Ships bring natural gas from the US, it’s pumped into massive storage tanks, and then piped or trucked throughout the country. Energy is
- When our Administration took office 16 months ago, Haiti was teetering on the brink of collapse, with violent criminal gangs threatening to take over the country and trigger a complete social breakdown and a new flood of migrants (on top of those the Biden Administration
- These Brazil-based violent criminal organizations pose a grave security threat not only to the Brazilian people but to all the people of the Western Hemisphere, including the US. Under @POTUS @realDonaldTrump and @SecRubio, we take this threat very seriously and are committed toPrimeiro Comando da Capital and Comando Vermelho are two of the most violent criminal organizations in Brazil. Their reach extends throughout our region and into our country. Today, I designated these organizations as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated
- Under @POTUS @realDonaldTrump, @SecRubio, and Special Envoy @SergioGor, the US is more engaged than ever with the republics of Central Asia, which have (among other things) boundless economic and commercial potential. It was an honor and a pleasure to meet again today with
- I’m honored that @POTUS @realDonaldTrump has named me Acting Director of the @PeaceCorps in addition to my responsibilities at the @StateDept. Volunteers serve in more than 60 countries, including Paraguay 🇵🇾 where I grew up and Mexico 🇲🇽 where I served as US Ambassador. Today I
- In coordination with @HHSGov, @StateDept will revoke U.S. passports of those who owe significant child support debt. Anyone owing child-support debt should arrange payment now with the relevant state child support enforcement agency to prevent passport revocation. If outside the




























