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Panama is “between a rock and a hard place,” pressed by the U.S. to eject China from Panama Canal ports—and wary of Beijing’s likely retribution, I told Responsible Statecraft.
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Panama court could trip Trump's wire over China linked ports
A decision at the center of geopolitical tensions and the president's pledge to 'take back' canal shipping facilities from Beijing is expected any day
responsiblestatecraft.org
January 28, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Panama is “between a rock and a hard place,” pressed by the U.S. to eject China from Panama Canal ports—and wary of Beijing’s likely retribution, I told Responsible Statecraft.
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La “preeminencia” que busca Trump en Latinoamérica no se logra ni solo con palabras ni con el despliegue de buques de guerra, expliqué a El Mercurio.
January 20, 2026 at 6:33 PM
La “preeminencia” que busca Trump en Latinoamérica no se logra ni solo con palabras ni con el despliegue de buques de guerra, expliqué a El Mercurio.
La lealtad de Milei no es poca cosa, expliqué a Clarin. “Para dominar las Américas, Washington no puede contar únicamente con barcos de guerra y drones militares, sino con alianzas y cooperación voluntaria”.
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Un año de Milei con Trump: qué beneficios trajo para Argentina la relación carnal con EE.UU.
Este martes se cumple el primer aniversario de la asunción del republicano. Expertos consultados por Clarín explican qué ganaron ambos países con la estrecha alianza bilateral.
www.clarin.com
January 19, 2026 at 7:37 PM
La lealtad de Milei no es poca cosa, expliqué a Clarin. “Para dominar las Américas, Washington no puede contar únicamente con barcos de guerra y drones militares, sino con alianzas y cooperación voluntaria”.
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El acuerdo “deja al margen a Washington”, cuyas empresas “quedarán en desventaja y sometidas a estándares europeos”, comenté a @cnn.com.
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4 países de Sudamérica y la UE tardaron 25 años en firmar este acuerdo: ¿por qué es tan importante y qué señal envía a Trump? | CNN
La espera fue larga y también las negociaciones. Pasaron más de 25 años desde que se sembró la idea de un tratado de libre comercio entre la Unión Europea y el Mercosur, integrado por Brasil, Argentin...
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January 18, 2026 at 2:42 AM
El acuerdo “deja al margen a Washington”, cuyas empresas “quedarán en desventaja y sometidas a estándares europeos”, comenté a @cnn.com.
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In Argentina, Trump showed the *financial* upside of close ties to Washington, I told @bloomberg.com. That strategy—not Reaper drones and destroyers—is how the U.S. could regain influence in the Americas.
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In Argentina, Trump Tests Whether Money, Not Force, Can Win Over Latin America
In a region reeling from US intervention in Venezuela, Buenos Aires is one place Trump has used his power to help a friend.
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January 15, 2026 at 8:51 PM
In Argentina, Trump showed the *financial* upside of close ties to Washington, I told @bloomberg.com. That strategy—not Reaper drones and destroyers—is how the U.S. could regain influence in the Americas.
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“Estas intervenciones bélicas en la región no son populares, ni dentro del mundo MAGA, ni en general. Las encuestas lo muestran claramente”, comenté a @lanacioncom.bsky.social.
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Trump abrió la caja de Pandora venezolana: un factor imprevisible en su frente interno y las “lecciones” de Irak y Afganistán
La operación en Caracas introdujo un elemento de inestabilidad en sus aspiraciones de mantener su fuerza política en las elecciones de mitad de mandato
www.lanacion.com.ar
January 12, 2026 at 7:31 PM
“Estas intervenciones bélicas en la región no son populares, ni dentro del mundo MAGA, ni en general. Las encuestas lo muestran claramente”, comenté a @lanacioncom.bsky.social.
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Should Delcy Rodríguez start “showing independence that embarrasses Trump,” it would put pressure on Rubio to reassert control in this telecommunicating occupation, I told the @financialtimes.com.
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Marco Rubio’s Venezuelan gamble
The US secretary of state’s chance to reshape Latin America has arrived — if he can keep his boss onside
www.ft.com
January 10, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Should Delcy Rodríguez start “showing independence that embarrasses Trump,” it would put pressure on Rubio to reassert control in this telecommunicating occupation, I told the @financialtimes.com.
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“Os desafios na América Latina não serão resolvidos por navios de guerra americanos”, contei ao @valoreconomico.bsky.social em uma entrevista.
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Com retirada da Cepal, Trump se isola ainda mais da América Latina
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January 10, 2026 at 1:40 AM
“Os desafios na América Latina não serão resolvidos por navios de guerra americanos”, contei ao @valoreconomico.bsky.social em uma entrevista.
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Removing Nicolás Maduro to install his top deputy has done little so far to meet the democratic aspirations of Venezuelans, I told @theguardian.com. “You really have to use a magnifying glass to try to find differences.”
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‘A more convenient dictatorship’: fear and uncertainty in Venezuela after fall of Maduro
US capture of president gave many Venezuelans hope, but a week on, an even more draconian atmosphere pervades
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Removing Nicolás Maduro to install his top deputy has done little so far to meet the democratic aspirations of Venezuelans, I told @theguardian.com. “You really have to use a magnifying glass to try to find differences.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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By looting Venezuela’s natural resources and marginalizing its democratic opposition, “it seems like Trump goes out of his way to maximize the diplomatic wreckage” of U.S. Latin America policy, I told @theguardian.com.
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‘Out with the Yanks!’: Thousands protest in Colombia as anger builds over Trump’s intervention in Venezuela
President Gustavo Petro called for demonstrations after Trump said he was interested in military action in Colombia
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:33 PM
By looting Venezuela’s natural resources and marginalizing its democratic opposition, “it seems like Trump goes out of his way to maximize the diplomatic wreckage” of U.S. Latin America policy, I told @theguardian.com.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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“The United States is everywhere and nowhere in Latin America these days,” I wrote for @inkstickmedia.com. U.S. security policy is “stunningly aggressive.” But in other ways, such as foreign aid and economic integration, “the United States has departed the field.”
"The core contradiction is between a declared desire to increase US influence in the region and a simultaneous pattern of engaging in bluster, threat, and outright violence that seems certain to reduce US soft power and turn other Western Hemisphere nations against us politically."
The Trump Administration's Costly Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
The Trump administration's recent National Security Strategy is a costly corollary that refocuses Washington on the Western Hemisphere.
inkstickmedia.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:46 PM
“The United States is everywhere and nowhere in Latin America these days,” I wrote for @inkstickmedia.com. U.S. security policy is “stunningly aggressive.” But in other ways, such as foreign aid and economic integration, “the United States has departed the field.”
“Worryingly, the good planning, good conditions, and good fortune that permitted Maduro’s smooth capture appear to have tempted Trump to test his luck again” in another military operation in Latin America, @dangrazier.bsky.social and I write.
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The US military is feeling invincible, and that's dangerous
What happened in Venezuela is the exception, not the rule
responsiblestatecraft.org
January 7, 2026 at 4:16 PM
“Worryingly, the good planning, good conditions, and good fortune that permitted Maduro’s smooth capture appear to have tempted Trump to test his luck again” in another military operation in Latin America, @dangrazier.bsky.social and I write.
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“The vision now is that Latin America is a shooting gallery and the United States can target whomever it pleases,” I told @economist.com.
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Latin America fears what comes next after the Venezuela raid
The tactical success of his operation in Caracas appears to have whetted Donald Trump’s appetite for intervention
www.economist.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:37 PM
“The vision now is that Latin America is a shooting gallery and the United States can target whomever it pleases,” I told @economist.com.
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“The return of the Monroe Doctrine is coming at a very inconvenient time for Latin America given the divisions in the region,” I told @politico.com. “It’s a low point of regional cooperation and the U.S. is taking advantage of this.”
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Latin America silent as Trump menaces Cuba, Colombia and Mexico
The silence marks a sharp departure from the widespread and passionate condemnation this weekend of the U.S. capture of former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.
www.politico.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:18 PM
“The return of the Monroe Doctrine is coming at a very inconvenient time for Latin America given the divisions in the region,” I told @politico.com. “It’s a low point of regional cooperation and the U.S. is taking advantage of this.”
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Leaving Delcy Rodríguez in power is not “contradictory unless you presuppose that the United States remains interested in bringing democracy back to Venezuela and protecting the human rights of Venezuelans,” I told the BBC. After all, she might turn out to be a fine partner for U.S. oil companies.
January 5, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Leaving Delcy Rodríguez in power is not “contradictory unless you presuppose that the United States remains interested in bringing democracy back to Venezuela and protecting the human rights of Venezuelans,” I told the BBC. After all, she might turn out to be a fine partner for U.S. oil companies.
It is not clear the president was ever serious about administering Venezuela as a U.S. protectorate. “If the president really intends to take on the costs and burdens of rebuilding a failed state, I think you would see an erosion of support,” I told the BBC.
January 5, 2026 at 4:44 PM
It is not clear the president was ever serious about administering Venezuela as a U.S. protectorate. “If the president really intends to take on the costs and burdens of rebuilding a failed state, I think you would see an erosion of support,” I told the BBC.
Trump might see seizing oil as “the prerogative of the hemisphere’s preeminent power,” but it is an “unsatisfying explanation for governments in the region, echoing earlier U.S. interventions at the behest of banana companies,” I wrote for @stimsoncenter.bsky.social.
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What Will 'Operation Absolute Resolve' Mean for Venezuela and Latin America? • Stimson Center
The arrest of Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro will profoundly reshape the image of the United States in Latin America.
www.stimson.org
January 5, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Trump might see seizing oil as “the prerogative of the hemisphere’s preeminent power,” but it is an “unsatisfying explanation for governments in the region, echoing earlier U.S. interventions at the behest of banana companies,” I wrote for @stimsoncenter.bsky.social.
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“En la medida en que sean los votantes venezolanos, y no la Fuerza Delta, quienes determinen quién gobierna Venezuela, el ganador exiliado de las últimas elecciones debería estar en el poder”, dije a El Mercurio.
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Diario El Mercurio
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January 4, 2026 at 7:48 PM
“En la medida en que sean los votantes venezolanos, y no la Fuerza Delta, quienes determinen quién gobierna Venezuela, el ganador exiliado de las últimas elecciones debería estar en el poder”, dije a El Mercurio.
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“Los supuestos motivos de la invasión son más que discutibles”, dije a Clarín. “No tranquilizarán a los de la región que teman vivir en un mundo donde los países más potentes dominan a través del uso de la fuerza”.
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La intervención de Estados Unidos en Venezuela: una medida peligrosa que siembra el futuro de incertidumbre
El anuncio de Donald Trump de que se hará cargo del gobierno en el país caribeño abre una serie de interrogantes.El líder republicano buscaba esta victoria desde su primer mandato. Pero no hay certeza...
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January 4, 2026 at 6:02 AM
“Los supuestos motivos de la invasión son más que discutibles”, dije a Clarín. “No tranquilizarán a los de la región que teman vivir en un mundo donde los países más potentes dominan a través del uso de la fuerza”.
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“No es casualidad que estas tácticas para presionar al régimen venezolano estén dañando a Cuba al mismo tiempo”, comenté a @latercera.com.
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Cómo la escalada de Trump en el Caribe pone a prueba la alianza de Venezuela y Cuba - La Tercera
Sobreviviendo a su peor crisis económica en décadas, La Habana ha reforzado su respaldo político y de inteligencia a Nicolás Maduro para asegurar el suministro de crudo venezolano, mientras las sancio...
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January 4, 2026 at 5:38 AM
“No es casualidad que estas tácticas para presionar al régimen venezolano estén dañando a Cuba al mismo tiempo”, comenté a @latercera.com.
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If Trump is serious about governing Venezuela, he is in for an unpleasant surprise, I told @npr.org. “This will be a monumentally expensive, long-lasting, and complicated undertaking,” the “kind of nation-building that the president and his supporters typically oppose.”
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Trump says the U.S. will run Venezuela after U.S. seizes Maduro
President Trump details U.S. plans in Venezuela in the wake of a controversial mission to remove and indict President Maduro.
www.npr.org
January 4, 2026 at 3:45 AM
If Trump is serious about governing Venezuela, he is in for an unpleasant surprise, I told @npr.org. “This will be a monumentally expensive, long-lasting, and complicated undertaking,” the “kind of nation-building that the president and his supporters typically oppose.”
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Latin America has many problems, but the U.S. response is “bad medicine,” I told @npr.org. It “needs investment, it needs trade, and it needs help for its law enforcement agencies to be able to fight organized crime. None of those are tasks for an aircraft carrier.”
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For Trump, 'America First' has meant an aggressive use of power in foreign policy
In his first year back in office, President Trump has made clear that America First is far from isolationist, instead it means aggressive use of the country's unilateral power around the world.
www.npr.org
December 27, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Latin America has many problems, but the U.S. response is “bad medicine,” I told @npr.org. It “needs investment, it needs trade, and it needs help for its law enforcement agencies to be able to fight organized crime. None of those are tasks for an aircraft carrier.”
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“China became a competitor to the United States in Latin America not by moving an aircraft carrier into the region, but through trade, and investment in infrastructure, and being an appealing partner,” I told @francoordonez.bsky.social at @npr.org.
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Trump's second term marks a significant departure from his first term, analysts say
President Trump's first year of foreign policy in his second term surprised many — for a lot of different reasons.
www.npr.org
December 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
“China became a competitor to the United States in Latin America not by moving an aircraft carrier into the region, but through trade, and investment in infrastructure, and being an appealing partner,” I told @francoordonez.bsky.social at @npr.org.
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“You would think, after having deployed an armada of this size” off Venezuela’s coast, “we would have some clear understanding of what the United States really is pursuing, I told @cnn.com. “But it changes almost on a daily basis.”
December 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
“You would think, after having deployed an armada of this size” off Venezuela’s coast, “we would have some clear understanding of what the United States really is pursuing, I told @cnn.com. “But it changes almost on a daily basis.”
“La nueva estrategia muestra que Estados Unidos ha dejado de tener interés en promover la democracia en las Américas, y eso es un cambio monumental en la postura de Washington”, comenté a @aoppenheimer.bsky.social.
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Trump y AL
El Presidente Donald Trump le dedicó cuatro páginas a América Latina -más que a ninguna otra región del mundo- en su nuevo plan de seguridad nacional anunciado días atrás. Pero lamentablemente, hay un...
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December 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM
“La nueva estrategia muestra que Estados Unidos ha dejado de tener interés en promover la democracia en las Américas, y eso es un cambio monumental en la postura de Washington”, comenté a @aoppenheimer.bsky.social.
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