AHEAD OF SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO'S REGIONAL VISIT, U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT BRIEFING ON REIGNING IN CHINA'S GEOPOLITICAL THREATS POSED BY ITS ILLICIT CARIBBEAN CITIZENSHIP BY INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES, EXPLAINS AMERICAN POLICY AND RESPONSE TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY THREATS CBI POSES

This week, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to embark on his first tour of several Caribbean countries; he will also hold meetings with senior government officials of additional West Indian states while in Jamaica. In advance of his trip, in an On-the-Record briefing, State Department officials and Presidential Advisors detailed the official American position on several topics, including the dangerous role of China in the Citizenship by Investment (CBI/CIP) programs of the East Caribbean states.

To quote from the Briefing,"You mentioned also the Citizenship by Investment. That’s been a longstanding concern we have seen, obviously, in some of these islands in the Caribbean a lot of movement from not only Chinese nationals but Iranian nationals and other countries that affect not only the national security of the United States but, frankly, that affect the security of these islands. That’ll be also an issue for conversation." Additionally, the United States policy on CBI was specifically spelled out here: "So where we want to be is in a place where some of these islands don’t find these citizenship-by-investment programs which attract, unfortunately, nefarious actors from China, Iran, and other countries into the Americas, which then becomes a security challenge for all of us – that we don’t want that to become – CBI should not be a major part of these smaller islands’ GDP. That’s not the goal."

Expect Secretary Rubio to firmly explain America's new assertive foreign policy on controlling bad actors, especially, China, who are using CBI to commit financial crime, engage in espionage against the U.S. and other countries, and create undue influence over the East Caribbean states, which is a direct threat upon America. We note that the penetration by China of Caribbean CBI was the center of the MSR Media documentary “THE MEN WHO SOLD THE CARIBBEAN TO CHINA, “ which was privately screened at the US. Congress in February 2025, before two Congressional Committees. While not yet available to the public, we have seen the program, and it is a damning indictment of widespread systemic fraud, money laundering and corruption by the CBI programs and government leaders responsible for operating them, in coordination with China. The documentary, which was also seen by several US Government officials, exposes the takeover by China PRC of CBI in the Caribbean.

We will be reporting fully on Secretary Rubio's upcoming trip, and his policy announcements and statements regarding the Citizenship by Investment programs, and what reforms must be instituted, if they are to continue to exist for the economic benefit of the people of the Caribbean.