What's behind Trump's moves in Latin America?

特朗普在拉丁美洲的举动背后有何目的?

Post Reports

2025-11-14

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For months, the relationship between the United States and Latin America has been fraught. President Donald Trump has targeted enemies in the region and propped up MAGA-friendly allies. We’ve now reached an inflection point, and the world is watching for what’s next. Today, two of The Post’s experts on the region, national security correspondent  Karen DeYoung and Mexico City bureau chief Samantha Schmidt, join host Colby Itkowitz to unpack the latest developments in Latin America, and the throughline of the Trump administration’s ultimate policy objectives. Today’s show was produced by Elana Gordon and Ted Muldoon, who also mixed the show. It was edited by Ariel Plotnick. Special thanks to Ben Pauker. Subscribe to The Washington Post here.
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  • The United States' involvement in Latin America has been intensifying in ways we haven't seen in decades.

  • From Argentina to Colombia to Venezuela,

  • the Trump administration is attempting to reshape the political landscape of Latin America.

  • Trump is propping up allies in the region and targeting his enemies.

  • This has left many wondering, what's next?

  • We've got US warships, we've got troops, we've got threats of invasions.

  • So we brought Karen DeYoung and Samantha Schmidt, two of the post-experts on Latin America,

  • into the studio to explain what is going on.

  • Yeah,

  • I think we're entering an era of really aggressive intervention in the hemisphere in a way we haven't seen in a long time.

  • From the newsroom of the Washington Post, this is Post Reports.

  • I'm Colby Echoitz.

  • It's Thursday, November 13th.

  • Today, Karen and Sam joined me to unpack the latest developments in Latin America.

  • and how the Trump administration is pushing the boundaries of our foreign relationships with three countries in particular,

  • Venezuela, Colombia, and Argentina.

  • Karen, Sam, hello.

  • Hello.

  • Hi.

  • I want to center our conversation today on the three countries that I just mentioned.