As America’s top diplomat, Rubio will not need to be briefed on the state of play. His views were forged in Miami, which has its own foreign policy and serves as the de facto capital of Latin America. It is a Latino-dominated city of exiles, where political shake ups in Latin America can lead to the eruption of local protests.

Donald Trump’s secretary of state-nominee Marco Rubio said the US should reconsider Chevron Corp.’s sanctions waiver that allows the oil giant to operate in Venezuela.

Marco Rubio, Trump's nominee for secretary of state, spoke about China’s influence in the region and zeroed in on Mexico, Venezuela, and Cuba.

The message seemed designed to reach Washington as one administration prepares to hand the baton to the next: If the United States keeps messing with Venezuela, then Caracas will retaliate by “liberating” the US territory of Puerto Rico,

Secretary of State nominee Marco Rubio drew bipartisan support among Senate Foreign ... in 2010 and gained a reputation as a hawkish voice on China, Iran, Cuba and Venezuela. Rubio and Trump launched a series of vicious attacks against each other in ...

Among President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet picks, secretary of state nominee Marco Rubio may face the easiest confirmation process.

"Cuba is literally collapsing, both generationally in terms of all the young people leaving but it's also collapsing economically" said Rubio

The US Senate voted to confirm Marco Rubio as Secretary of State on Monday, making him the first official in Donald Trump's administration to be approved on his presidential inauguration day. The vote, which came just hours after Trump’s swearing-in ceremony, was unanimous at 99-0.

"The Iranians, in fact, are beginning to build drone factories for the manufacture of Iranian drones in our own hemisphere," Sen. Marco Rubio said.

Senator Marco Rubio warned of China’s growing threat, and he backed NATO but said Europe needed to do more to help protect itself. His friendly, five-hour confirmation hearing seemed to all but guarantee he would be the next secretary of state.

Rubio is expected to face questions about the incoming administration’s approach to an historic wave of migration throughout the hemisphere that has dominated U.S. relations with other countries.