President Trump, known as a master dealmaker, is making a bold bet on the negotiating advantage he finds in chaos, having already used similar tariff declarations to extract concessions from the United States’ closest trading partners, including Canada and Mexico.
Unless the administration delivers concrete economic benefits to willing partners and admirers like Argentina and El Salvador, U.S. influence in the region will remain fragile, likely ceding increasing space to China.
En momentos de profunda incertidumbre global, nunca ha sido más crucial defender y fortalecer instituciones como USAID, que representan los valores y principios de la política exterior estadounidense.
Donald Trump’s return to the presidency has raised the prospect that, over the next four years, the Caribbean’s playbook regarding its longstanding relations with the U.S. will be tested as never before.
Trump’s rhetoric and early actions hint at the possible emergence of a new foreign policy guide for Latin America – a region shaped by U.S. dominance aimed at securing its regional hegemony.
This week’s standoff highlights not just the Trump administration’s hardline approach to immigration but its broader willingness to pressure Latin America into compliance—no matter the long-term cost to regional diplomacy and cooperation.
By anchoring its optimism in realism, Milei’s Argentina can better navigate the challenges – and better capitalize the opportunities – of the U.S.-Argentina relations during this period.
Will the interest expressed in a transfer by President Trump succeed where the offer by previous presidents failed?
While policy clashes between the elected governments of Mexico and the United States in the coming years appear likely, the degree to which those tensions degrade the commercial relationship and security cooperation that is vital to both will depend on the forbearance and statesmanship of leaders on each side.
Global Americans gathered 12 leading regional scholars for their brief perspectives on how a second Trump term will influence Latin America’s governance, economy, and the millions of people who call the region home. Their answers reflect Latin America’s diversity of interest and ideologies, and shed some light on which countries can expect to be the major winners and losers of this election.
