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Pompeo Latin American Trip to Focus on Immigration, Terrorism, Venezuela

Cindy Saine

   WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is heading to Latin America
   to meet face to face with leaders there, amid difficult negotiations
   with Mexico and Central American countries over how to best stem the
   flow of migrants to the southern U.S. border.

   State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus gave an overview of the
   full agenda for the trip that begins at the end of the week.

   "From July 19th to the 21st, the secretary will visit Buenos Aires,
   Argentina; Ecuador, Mexico City, San Salvador, where he will expand
   cooperation on security issues; reinforce U.S. commitment to human
   rights and democracy, particularly support for the people of Cuba,
   Nicaragua and Venezuela, and their struggle for freedom; and to enhance
   economic partnerships and to expand economic opportunities for our
   citizens," she said a the daily briefing.

   Counterterrorism in Argentina

   While in Argentina, Pompeo will participate in a counterterrorism
   conference with regional allies, timed to mark the 25th anniversary of
   the bombing of a Jewish center in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people,
   and has been linked to Hezbollah and Iran by Argentine prosecutors.

   No one has ever been held accountable for the worst terrorist attack in
   Argentine history.

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