Trump’s extortion of Latin America: What the Republican has extracted through threats

Trump’s extortion of Latin America: What the Republican has extracted through threats

Blackmail as foreign and trade policy. That has been Donald Trump’s approach toward much of the world — especially Latin America. During his first term, he pressured several countries in the region to take responsibility for curbing northbound migration and to accept hundreds of deportees. Now, back in power, he has once again resorted to the strategy that proved so effective for him then — this time to advance his campaign of mass deportations.…

China has intensified economic and political cooperation with the countries of Latin America in recent years and hopes that these forces will deal with the imposition of tariffs on imports by Trump.

Since Monday, China has received Latin American leaders in Beijing within the framework of the Fourth China-Celac Ministerial Forum (Community of Latin American and Caribbean States), with a view to approaching the region in response to the trade war with the United States.Beijing has intensified economic and political cooperation with Latin American countries in recent years and urged the formation of a united front against the recent wave of t…

Donald Trump along with a map of the Gulf of Mexico, which he intends to rename “of America,” on February 9, 2025. Trump promotes the confiscation of Latin America to counter China’s advance. He initiated that expropriation with the ultimatum to Panama and the subjection of Argentina. He demands loyalty to the dollar, subordination to the IMF and experiments with digital currencies, in order to consummate the appropriation of natural resources. …

China serves as an example to other countries on how to act in trade negotiations with Trump, writes Kauppalehti journalist Tuomo Hyttinen.

In recent years, the Asian giant has intensified its economic-political cooperation with Latin American countries and hopes that they will join forces with it in the face of US President Donald Trump's current customs tariff campaign. Two thirds of Latin American countries have already joined the "New Silk Roads", the major program of the ...