US Recalls Top Diplomats From 3 Latin American Countries Over Break With Taiwan

Acting Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs and State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert holds a press briefing at the Department of State in Washington on July 31, 2018. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

U.S. ambassadors to El Salvador, Panama, and the Dominican Republic were called back to the United States over the three countries’ decision to break ties with Taiwan.

Panama cut diplomatic relations with the small island nation in June last year, followed by the Dominican Republic in May, and El Salvador last month, leaving just 17 nations with which Taiwan maintains formal relations.