The Risks of the United States’ Latin America Policy

The short-term benefits could create long-term problems.

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The past couple of months have shown, for better or worse, that Latin America will figure more prominently in U.S. foreign policy under the second Trump term than under previous administrations. Indeed, Washington’s priorities for Latin America – migration, China and tariffs – are meant to support, or are an extension of, the government’s broader […]

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Allison Fedirka
Allison Fedirka is the former director of analysis for Geopolitical Futures. Ms. Fedirka has a bachelor’s degree in Spanish and international studies from Washington University in St. Louis and a master’s degree in international relations and affairs from the University of Belgrano, Argentina. Her thesis was on Brazil and Angola and south-south cooperation.