Is the US Losing Latin America?
It is a mantra increasingly heard around the world: US power is in decline – and nowhere does this seem truer than in Latin America. But a world power today must combine economic vigor and a popular culture with global outreach on the basis of shared interests, and the US is better positioned than any other power in this respect.
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MADRID – It is a mantra increasingly heard around the world: US power is in decline. And nowhere does this seem truer than in Latin America. No longer is the region regarded as America’s “backyard”; on the contrary, the continent has arguably never been so united and independent. But this view fails to capture the true nature of US influence in Latin America – and elsewhere as well.