Trump's pick of Rubio as America's top diplomat jolts Latin America, long accustomed to US neglect FILE - Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., pauses while talking with reporters at an election night watch party in West Palm Beach, Fla., Nov. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
FILE - Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., walks off the stage with President Donald Trump after a speech where Trump revised a Cuba policy, in Miami, June 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
FILE - Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., arrives to speak before Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally at Trump National Doral Miami, in Doral, Fla., July 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)
FILE - Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., questions State Department Special Representative for Venezuela Ambassador Elliott Abrams during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Aug. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
FILE - U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, R-Fla., greets Venezuelan migrants near the Simon Bolivar International Bridge, in La Parada, near Cucuta, Colombia, Feb. 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)
FILE - Then former President Donald Trump pats Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., on the shoulder during a campaign rally at the Miami-Dade County Fair and Exposition in Miami, Nov. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)
FILE - Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump, accompanied by Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., arrives at the Havana Express Cuban Kitchen and Bakery on a campaign stop in Las Vegas, Oct. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
FILE - Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., arrives before Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Doral, Fla., July 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)
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FILE - Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., pauses while talking with reporters at an election night watch party in West Palm Beach, Fla., Nov. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)