Trump to Meet Latin American Leaders Ahead of China Trip

President Donald Trump has invited Latin American leaders to a summit in Miami on March 7, a White House official confirmed to The Epoch Times. The expected attendees are yet to be announced. The meeting comes ahead of Trump’s trip to Beijing, set to take place in the coming weeks, where he will meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. The Trump administration has worked to reestablish U.S. leadership in the Western Hemisphere, where China has deepened ties with considerable loans, trade deals, and infrastructure projects. “The Western Hemisphere must be the hemisphere of freedom and democracy—tyranny has no place here!” Rep. Carlos A. Gimenez (R-Fla.) wrote on X on Feb. 12. “President Trump and Secretary [of State] Marco Rubio have reprioritized our neighbors to bolster our economies, strengthen our alliances, and protect the United States of America!”...