Marco Rubio’s Latin America trip sparks heat over drug strikes and China

Senator Marco Rubio is facing backlash during his Latin America tour as U.S. forces strike drug boats and tensions with China rise.

Senator Marco Rubio is on a high-stakes trip to Latin America, and things are getting heated. U.S. forces recently destroyed another boat they say was carrying illegal drugs. This strike killed three people. Rubio is standing by these actions. He says drug cartels are like a “cancer” that needs to be removed. But not everyone agrees with his approach. The senator is facing pushback from critics who say his aggressive style is causing too much trouble in the region. At the same time, the list of groups the U.S. considers “foreign terrorist organizations” in Latin America has grown. There ar…