Young and reserved, Hope Hicks, served as press secretary on Trumps's whirlwind presidential campaign. She is now communications director at the White House and is part of the president's closest inner circle.

Congress has approved $450 million to support the recent peace deal to end Colombia 52-year-old war with FARC rebels. But President Donald Trump is not a big fan of the State Department's foreign aid programs.

The share of eligible Latinos who voted in 2016 stood unchanged from 2012, at less than 50 percent. But Latino participation did grow in absolute numbers.

The former CIA station chief in Colombia is highly regarded, not least by former Obama administration officials.

U.S. cities are suffering because of the drop in the purchasing power of the Mexican peso, which wobbles every time Trump talks about NAFTA or Mexico.

In Washington, the Trump administration is adopting a tougher line on Venezuela, but remains wary of leading the charge and fueling the anti-imperialist rhetoric of Venezuela's leftist government.