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U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned countries of the Western Hemisphere to beware of “alarming” actions by Russia and China in their region, urging them to work with the United States instead.

“Latin America doesn’t need new imperial powers that seek only to benefit their own people,” Tillerson said in speech in Texas on February 1 before arriving in Mexico to begin a tour of regional countries.

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