Trump’s Threat Against Maduro Unites Latin America, Against U.S.
Many of the countries now rejecting Mr. Trump’s use of military force were themselves invaded by the United States, which once famously regarded the region as
"America’s backyard." Panama, one of the countries on Mr. Pence’s visit, was invaded in 1989 when President George Bush toppled its dictator, Manuel Noriega.
It is the land of peace." Mr. Santos’s response to Mr. Trump’s remarks — echoed by many other Latin American leaders in recent days —
could endanger a fragile alliance against what many fear is the first dictatorship to emerge in the region in decades, analysts say.
Mark said that Threatening military action undermines the strongest Latin American consensus in support of democracy
that I have seen since the end of the Pinochet regime,
But a threat by President Trump to use the American military against Mr. Maduro’s government has united those leaders in a different direction: demanding
that the United States keep out of the region’s affairs.
Manuel Santos said that The possibility of a military intervention shouldn’t even be considered,
Shannon said that An often ugly history of U.S. interventions is vividly remembered in Latin America — even as we in the U.S. have forgotten,
