Trump, Bolsonaro and Latin America
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Donald Trump's Shield of the Americas faces its first real test as Bolivia deploys forces to strategic routes amid renewed blockade and unrest fears.
Brazilians vote Sunday in an election that could test Trump's push to reshape Latin America.
The US president is pushing for a reduction in the US military’s presence in Europe and a shift towards Latin America
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Trump wants control of South America. If Bolsonaro Jr wins in Brazil, that could become a reality
While the US president’s meddling could win Brazil’s election for the right, curbing gang violence is what voters care about, says journalist Steve Bloomfield
The Trump administration claims to have no responsibility for what goes on after deportees are sent to El Salvador. “Once an alien is removed from the United States, the alien is no longer in ICE custody or under ICE’s purview,” an ICE spokesperson wrote to me in a statement responding to a question about deportees being detained.
Lawyers warn that the mass trials of people imprisoned during President Nayib Bukele’s gang crackdown are marred by vague evidence and restrictions on a proper defense.
I n the 20 months since Donald Trump returned to the White House, right-wing candidates have won all seven presidential elections in Latin America. Many of them ran as Trump copycats, raging against the media and “cultural Marxism”.
The Trump administration may not be able to wriggle away from contempt proceedings as quickly as it hoped.
The Trump administration still hasn't reached a decision, plunging the Salvadoran community into uncertainty and raising questions about what has prompted the delay.