Pushback in Panama

The limits to which countries accept U.S. pressure isn’t in Washington’s control.

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Washington’s strategy to advance U.S. interests in Latin America is inherently vulnerable. Broadly speaking, it uses national security and economic arguments to justify its actions and prefers to work out its differences at the bilateral level. Threats of coercion are baked into the equation. But bilateral talks have graver domestic political implications for Latin American […]

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