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Quito is measuring Rubio's visit in terms of its own security dividends: $45 million announced, another group classified as terrorist, seven former officials sanctioned, rather than in terms of the agreements signed in Barranquilla.

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Caracas views Rubio's tour as a tightening of security around Venezuela, where Bogotá promises to "guarantee regional stability" while Washington conditions the bilateral relationship on an end to the ELN's impunity.

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Buenos Aires sees Rubio's tour as proof that Washington is reshaping its regional alliances around aligned governments, leaving Brazil off the itinerary.

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Brasília sees its absence from Rubio's itinerary as a sign of a regional realignment that bypasses Brazil, as Washington woos Bogotá, Quito, and Lima to counter Chinese influence in Latin America.

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Bogotá is measuring what it has accepted to yield in terms of security to seal the renewed alliance with Washington, between new urban armed groups and the return of aerial spraying

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Madrid sees Rubio's visit to Colombia as a diplomatic reconstruction based on personal closeness as much as strategic interests, a method likely to be repeated in Ecuador and Peru while Brazil remains off the itinerary.

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Paris sees Rubio's tour as the implementation of a "Donroe doctrine": Washington is tightening its grip on Latin America through new right-wing allies, leaving Brazil off its itinerary.

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Mexico City takes away from Rubio's South American tour the Barranquilla agreements, but also the warning issued from Quito: Mexico's anti-drug fight remains "far from sufficient".

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Peru is navigating between the security alliance proposed by Washington through the "Bouclier des Amériques" and twelve years of its primary trade partnership with Beijing, which Marco Rubio has publicly questioned from Lima.

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The United States is tightening its regional grip on narcotics trafficking, framing Rubio's tour of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru in terms of security cooperation rather than the economic memorandums signed in Barranquilla.

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