President Donald Trump is scheduled to talk at a ‘Defend of the Americas’ Summit on Saturday in Doral, Florida, an occasion that’s billed by the White Home as a ‘historic’ grouping of over 17 Latin American nations which are dedicated to cooperating with the U.S. in taking over the cartels and securing the American border following the seize of former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
Trump will host heads of state from 12 nations throughout the Western Hemisphere, in keeping with a White Home official.
They’re:
- Argentinian President Javier Milei,
- Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz Pereira,
- Chilean President-elect Jose Antonio Kast
- Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves Robles
- Dominican Republic’s President Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona
- Ecuadorian President Daniel Roy Gilchrist Noboa Azín
- El Salvadorian President Nayib Bukele Ortez
- Guyana’s President Mohamed Irfaan Ali
- Honduran President Tito Asfura
- Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino Quintero
- Paraguayan President Santiago Peña; and the
- President of Trinidad and Tobago, Kamla Persad-Bissessar
“On Saturday, the purpose of this newfound Latin America Summit is to advertise freedom, safety and prosperity in our area,” White Home Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt mentioned throughout a press briefing this week.
“The President can be talking with the leaders of this nation who’ve actually shaped a historic coalition to work collectively to handle prison, narcoterrorist gangs and cartels encounter unlawful and mass migration into not solely america however the western hemisphere, which stays a key and prime precedence of this President,” she added.
US President Donald Trump disembarks from Air Drive One upon arrival at Miami Worldwide Airport in Miami, Florida, on March 6, 2026. President Trump will host the “Defend of the Americas” summit with Latin American leaders specializing in safety and democracy on March 7 in Doral, Florida.
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Trump’s relationships with some Latin American leaders have turned tense at instances and his insurance policies have drawn criticism. Some leaders criticized the U.S. raid that captured Maduro as an assault on Venezuela’s sovereignty. Trump has additionally been essential of Mexico’s efforts to struggle drug cartels and traded barbs with the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro. Nonetheless, following the Jan. 3 Venezuela raid, the 2 leaders appeared to have patched up their variations. Trump invited Petro to the White Home and the 2 issued complimentary statements.
The summit has shifted in prominence after Trump introduced he was removing Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem from her put up and shifting her to a brand new position as a particular envoy for “The Defend of the Americas.”
Noem emailed DHS employees in a single day on Thursday, informing them that her official last day on the division can be March 31 and writing, “In my new position, I can construct on the brand new partnerships and nationwide safety experience I cast over my time as Secretary of Homeland Safety.”
The summit additionally comes amid the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, which has resulted in main actions in the U.S. energy markets.
To fight the spikes in crude oil costs, White Home Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt mentioned Friday on Fox that the U.S. was “drilling expeditiously right here at dwelling” and tapping into the brand new markets in Venezuela.
