Foreign Policy & U.S./Latin America Relations Archives

Foreign Policy & U.S./Latin America Relations

Bolton’s Bay of Pigs Anniversary speech: Tough talk, election politics and failed policies

By Greg Weeks / GregWeeksUNCC / April 18, 2019

The Trump administration has doubled down on a failed policy on Cuba, while
talking tough on socialism. Unpopular and ineffective, Cuba policy prescriptions aside, the
venue, policies and rhetoric were focused more on the 2020 elections.

On Trump’s Latin American team: Kirstjen Nielsen resigns as Homeland Security Secretary

April 8, 2019

Kevin McAleenan—the current commissioner of Customs and Border
Protection—is set to step in as acting replacement for Ms. Nielsen.

Russia and Nicaragua: Progress in bilateral cooperation

By Armando Chaguaceda / March 28, 2019

Russian-Nicaraguan military cooperation through training and weapons sales started to deepen in early 2008. Now that relationship is in full swing after years of planning.

The bear comes to the West: The Russian agenda in Latin America

By Armando Chaguaceda / March 20, 2019

Latin America needs to forge alliances in a complex, changing world, but betting on extra-continental autocracies will not bring greater social equity and respect for human rights to the Americas.

AMLO’s cautious foreign policy

By Greg Weeks / GregWeeksUNCC / February 15, 2019

AMLO’s foreign policy is far from the populist, anti-American rhetoric of his campaign and much of his political life. Nevertheless, his make-no-waves position is fraught with contradictions.

Is it time for a Caribbean Basin Initiative 2.0?

By Georges Fauriol / January 24, 2019

Recent U.S. involvement in the Caribbean Basin has been defined by Whac-A-Mole-like reactionary policy. It’s time for a new coherent strategy for security and development in the Caribbean.

An interview with Ambassador Tom Shannon, former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs

January 10, 2019

On the third episode of “Two gringos with questions,” your hosts talked to Ambassador Shannon on the importance of U.S. presence in the region and his secrets for surviving thousands of meetings and briefings.

Barbados and Colombia representatives join Global Americans High-Level Working Group on Inter-American Relations and Bipartisanship

January 9, 2019

Dame Billie Miller and Amb. María Ángela Holguín Cuellar join the second round of the Global Americans High-Level Working Group on Inter-American Relations and Bipartisanship as co-chairs. The second round follows a successful first year of producing bipartisan and cross-regional recommendations for the U.S. and the hemispheric community to improve inter-American relations. New York, NY. […]

Taiwan’s struggle for partners and survival

By Evan Ellis / REvanEllis / December 7, 2018

The ongoing PRC advance in Latin America and associated end to the diplomatic truce with the ROC has legitimately raised the question of who might be next to abandon Taiwan for the benefits that come with recognition of the mainland.

While in Argentina for the G20, Trump should spare some attention for South America

By Nicolás Albertoni & Luis Schenoni / November 30, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump will attend the G20 meetings in Buenos Aires. This will be his first visit to Latin America. Despite a series of crises of global proportion, this is still relevant.