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Latin American Presidents will hold an urgent summit on Thursday to respond to President Donald Trump’s immigrants to respond to the masses of the migrants because they are leaning towards two Traditional -based regional allies in Washington from their offensive strategy.
Business with Trump has clamped 25 percent customs Colombia And on Sunday after the leftist president Gustavo Petro migrants returned US military planes to the deportation of the US military aircraft on Sunday visas and other sanctions. The End of conflict Bogota is a few hours after Washington’s claim.
The dramatic conflict, most of it was conducted on social media, Unsetled Latin American countries were already frightened by Trump’s military threats, which to re -establish US control over the Panama Canal and steep tariff in Mexico, the largest business partner in the United States.
“There is a lot of alarms in the Latin American Embassy in Washington,” said a senior regional diplomat in Washington. “We think the 1897 and the President’s era returned [William] McKinley, who attacked the Cuba and the Philippines. “
The emerging market coins were spread over Sunday disputes, both Mexican Peso and South Africa’s Rand decreased by about two percent against the US dollar. Colombia’s peso has dropped by 1.5 percent against the dollar before some land is healed on Monday morning.
A country of only 1.5 million people, with heavy dependence on an army and US trade and investment Trump’s claim It was built more than a century ago to restore control of Washington’s canal. The US President claims that China is now operating the canal and “tearing” US shipping on charges of using the waterway.
After the petro’s request, the Latin American and the Caribbean States (CLAC) community called the leaders of the region an emergency summit as Honduran President Shiomara Castro. The meeting will discuss migration, environment and regional unity kai, he said X.
Michael Shifter, a senior fellow at Washington’s inter-American dialogue, said Latin American leaders are less likely to be left behind for Trump.
“They are going to try to balance,” he said, “they have to be realistic by recognizing them because Trump is actually capable of imposing sanctions, which would be very painful for these countries. On the other hand they have to save their faces and have national pride and To protect the sovereignty. “
Russian ally supported Cuba and Venezuela Petro to Swift, ex -guerrilla, has long records with long records against it US policy From Gaza to the war against drugs on social media. However, the largest power in the region, Brazil and Mexico did not publicly comment.
Diplomats said that they would like to adjust the locations with prudent and settle the dust before taking public position.
The second regional diplomat said, “Petro has given a teaching on how to treat Trump.” “He went on to fight on social media without the way to maintain his fight.”
Several commentators noted that the Colombian leader had previously agreed to exile the US military planes to exile immigrants, which was under the Democrat and the Republican administration for years.
Colombia, Tradition is very dependent on the US ally, the nearest US ally of South America, its oil, coffee and cut flowers and have little leverage with Washington.
Colombian Foreign Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo-a realistic English speaker and former Ambassador of Washington, were also relaxed by Petro’s 30-year-old Chief of Staff Laura Sarabia, which has no diplomat, which has no diplomat, which has no diplomat.
A crisis composed of Sarbia, Murillo and other officials on Sunday met at the President’s Palace and Foreign Ministry’s headquarters. Diplomats say the US party was the main conversation, and Trump’s special envoy to Latin America was Mauricio Claver-Carone in the State Department. “Petro was in continuous communication, always hearing and responded,” said a person with the direct knowledge of the discussion.
Bruce Mac Master, president of the Maine Business Association of Colombia, spent this day to plan the Petro’s diplomatic team and spoke to Sarbia several times.
“I think Petro had no idea about the dimensions and impacts of US relationships,” Mac Master said. “He soon realized that the effects would be felt everywhere by starting with an exchange rate. I think he has learned more about the economy than his whole life. “
On the contrary, Mexico’s President, Claudia Shainboum, has been well managed by Trump in the region. He has cleared his disagreement with the US policy in the underprivileged public comments, and personally agreed to withdraw immigrants and crack on the trafficking of Fentanel in many claims of Trump.
Diplomats and analysts say China has extensively expanded its trade and investment in Latin America in this century, and Beijing Trump’s unexpected steps will see themselves as an ideal opportunity to present themselves as a more reliable partner.
The Shifter of the Inter -American conversation said: “Seller is a Latin American platform to China, so is a kind of proxy to show the summit on Thursday [Washington] If [it is] Really is about to punish us, then willing to fill the gap in China and come to something more than that. “
Additional Report by Tommy Stubington in London
