Who’s Kevin Marino Cabrera? Trump picks Miami commissioner for ambassador to Panama
MIAMI – President-elect Donald Trump stated on Christmas Day that he has chosen Miami-Dade County Commissioner Kevin Marino Cabrera to turn into the following U.S. ambassador to Panama.
The announcement got here as Trump is threatening to retake management of the Panama Canal as a result of, based on him, the Central American nation is “ripping off” American ships that move by way of the waterway.
Posting a message on his social community Reality Social, the president elect stated Cabrera will do a “FANTASTIC job representing our Nation’s pursuits in Panama!”
“I’m happy to announce that Kevin Marino Cabrera will function the USA Ambassador to the Republic of Panama, a Nation that’s ripping us off on the Panama Canal, far past their wildest desires,” Trump wrote on Reality Social. “Few perceive Latin American politics in addition to Kevin – He’ll do a FANTASTIC job representing our Nation’s pursuits in Panama!”
Trump has already made a collection of workers picks earlier than taking up as president for a second time period on Jan. 20, 2025. Cabrera’s nomination would require U.S. Senate affirmation.
Since 2022, Cabrera has been the county commissioner of District 6, which represents components of Coral Gables, Hialeah and the Metropolis of Miami. With Trump’s endorsement, Cabrera simply defeated Jorge Fors, then a Gables commissioner, within the 2022 race for the seat.
The remaining 12 county commissioners will title his substitute if the board opts to not name a particular election to fill out the remaining two years in Cabrera’s first time period.
Kevin Marino Cabrera is the son of Cuban exiles
“As a first-generation American and the son of Cuban exiles, I’m profoundly grateful for every thing this nation has given me,” 34-year-old Cabrera stated in an announcement following Trump’s announcement.
“Representing the USA overseas is an obligation I take with the utmost satisfaction. I look ahead to the nomination course of and fascinating with the Senate to debate my dedication to advancing America’s pursuits on the worldwide stage,” he added.
Previous to being a Miami-Dade county commissioner, he was the Florida director of Trump’s 2020 re-election marketing campaign, and is a former lobbyist.
In November, he sponsored an initiative that Miami-Dade would acknowledge Hialeah’s creation of President Donald J. Trump Avenue. The county fee authorised. Earlier this month, the fee overwhelmingly handed 9-1. the title change for the 4-mile highway.
“Thanks, President Trump, for this unimaginable honor. I’m keen and energized to affix your administration as the following ambassador to Panama,” Commissioner Cabrera stated in his assertion.
“I’m dedicated to supporting President Trump’s America First imaginative and prescient and can work tirelessly on daily basis to uphold his daring method to worldwide diplomacy. Collectively, we are going to make sure that American power, freedom, and management proceed to form a brighter future for all,” Cabrera continued.
Trump known as Panama Canal charges “ridiculous”
Trump has known as the charges charged U.S. ships transiting the canal as “ridiculous” and warned the U.S. would take again the waterway if the prices do not go down.
“Merry Christmas to all, together with to the fantastic troopers of China, who’re lovingly, however illegally, working the Panama Canal (the place we misplaced 38,000 individuals in its constructing 110 years in the past), all the time ensuring that the USA places in Billions of {Dollars} in ‘restore’ cash, however could have completely nothing to say about ‘something,'” Trump wrote on Reality Social.
Development of the 51-mile Panama Canal, which joins the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, was began in 1904 and opened to be used 10 years later.
The U.S. managed the canal till 1977, when a collection of treaties progressively transferred authority to Panama. Full management was handed over in 1999, after a interval of joint administration.
