Work Trip
Marco Rubio got his first passport stamps as Secretary of State this week.
Sunday, Rubio visited Panama’s President José Raúl Mulino, advising him to reduce the “influence of control” China has over the Panama Canal—which, per the Trump admin, may violate a 1999 treaty that handed control of the neutral waterway to Panama. Afterward, without mentioning the canal, Mulino announced Panama would end involvement in China’s Belt and Road initiative.
Then Monday, Rubio stopped by El Salvador to sign an agreement on U.S.-El Salvador nuclear energy cooperation.
During the signing ceremony, President Nayib Bukele offered to “outsource” part of El Salvador’s prison system to house illegal immigrants of any nationality facing U.S. deportation—and American criminals—for a “relatively low” fee. Critics say the offer violates U.S. laws prohibiting citizens from being deported.
Verse to consider whether you have a world-altering work trip or spend your day folding laundry… “Commit your activities to the Lord, and your plans will be established.”
Proverbs 16:3 (CSB) (see full passage)