Immigration, security issues, Honduras coup are top topics for Clinton in Latin America
By Matthew Lee, APSunday, June 6, 2010
Crowded agenda awaits Clinton in Latin America
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton travels to Latin America and the Caribbean with a crowded agenda awaiting.
Among the issues are lingering tensions over last year’s coup in Honduras, as well as U.S. immigration policy and Arizona’s new immigration law. Other topics include security issues and concerns over Iran and the Middle East.
Clinton is leaving Sunday afternoon on her seventh trip to the region as the top U.S. diplomat. Her schedule includes an Organization of American States meeting in Peru, and later stops in Ecuador, Colombia and Barbados.
At all points, officials say, she will stress the Obama administration’s commitment to the Western Hemisphere and support for democracy.
