by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
SDNY / UN GATE, Jan 31 – As US Secretary of State Marco Rubio heads south including to El Salvador, the issue arises whether the new US Administration will use its leverage in the International Monetary Fund to allow President Bukele to resume his pro- cryptocurrency policies.
On January 31 US Special Envoy Mauricio Claver-Carone, previously the head of the Inter-American Development Bank, took three media questions about the trip.
The Miami Herald asked about Venezuela, and Richard Grenell's upcoming trip there. PBS asked about Panama (the answer touched on China's incursions) and the Washington Reporter asked about Colombia. Transcript will go here
Afterward Inner City Press asked in writing, "will the US take any action on the IMF's restrictions on President Bukele's well-publicized desire for El Salvador to be (even) more involved in Bitcoin, given the Administration's position on digital assets? Also, any comment on Honduras president Castro canceling her CELAC meeting, and which countries the US thinks may have opposed it. And anything State / the new USUN under Elise Stefanik will do on these topics at the UN, which I cover closely from outside."
We aim to have more on this, and about this and forthcoming trips. Watch this site.
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