The Trump Administration in Latin America: Continuity and Change

<p class="first" id="d145209e100">Donald Trump won the 2016 US presidential election without a clearly articulated policy for either Cuba or the Latin American/Caribbean region as a whole. Two years into that presidency, this article seeks to describ...

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Main Authors: Carlos Oliva Campos, Gary Prevost
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pluto Journals 2019-06-01
Series:International Journal of Cuban Studies
Online Access:https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.13169/intejcubastud.11.1.0013
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description <p class="first" id="d145209e100">Donald Trump won the 2016 US presidential election without a clearly articulated policy for either Cuba or the Latin American/Caribbean region as a whole. Two years into that presidency, this article seeks to describe that policy and place it within Trump's wider foreign policy. The article deconstructs the worldview of ‘America First’ as lying within the perspective of the neo-conservative wing of the Republican Party, epitomised by John Bolton, the current National Security Advisor. The implications of that worldview for Cuba and Latin America make for a reversal of Obama's opening to Cuba, a hardline on immigration from Mexico and Central America, and greater pressure for regime change in both Venezuela and Nicaragua. Also analysed is the resonance of Trump's policies with the recent turn to the political right in Latin America, notably in Argentina, Chile, Brazil and Colombia. </p>
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spelling doaj.art-53f059501d254eb8ba16c5977e3ddd3c2023-05-12T08:46:36ZengPluto JournalsInternational Journal of Cuban Studies1756-34611756-347X2019-06-01111132310.13169/intejcubastud.11.1.0013The Trump Administration in Latin America: Continuity and ChangeCarlos Oliva CamposGary Prevost<p class="first" id="d145209e100">Donald Trump won the 2016 US presidential election without a clearly articulated policy for either Cuba or the Latin American/Caribbean region as a whole. Two years into that presidency, this article seeks to describe that policy and place it within Trump's wider foreign policy. The article deconstructs the worldview of ‘America First’ as lying within the perspective of the neo-conservative wing of the Republican Party, epitomised by John Bolton, the current National Security Advisor. The implications of that worldview for Cuba and Latin America make for a reversal of Obama's opening to Cuba, a hardline on immigration from Mexico and Central America, and greater pressure for regime change in both Venezuela and Nicaragua. Also analysed is the resonance of Trump's policies with the recent turn to the political right in Latin America, notably in Argentina, Chile, Brazil and Colombia. </p>https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.13169/intejcubastud.11.1.0013
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