A protester carrying a sign reading ‘Trump, Latin America is not yours,’ as demonstrators oppose U.S. actions in Venezuela
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In Latin America, as in other parts of the world, the second Donald Trump administration has adopted an increasingly aggressive policy.
From drone strikes on purported drug traffickers to increased tariffs on imports, and from the blockade on fuel shipments and threats of invasion in Cuba to the January 3 military incursion into Venezuela, the U.S.’s more coercive approach to its hemispheric neighbours evokes an earlier period of U.S. foreign policy.
Published – April 21, 2026 08:30 am IST

