The place is more than symbolic: Miami, the Latin soul of the United States where a large part of the refugees from the Cuban or Venezuelan dictatorships live. To welcome his “Latino friends”, Donald Trump pulled out all the stops. A suite for everyone in its immense Trump National Doral complex. In all, almost ten Latin American heads of state were received for a good part of the week with their delegations in this luxury resort, with swimming pool, golf course, and as a bonus a Maga cap for each.
During his inauguration, Donald Trump is all smiles to announce strengthened defense alliances, increased cooperation against organized crime, joint policies against illegal immigration and, icing on the cake, the strengthening of economic ties to counter China’s influence on the continent. In form, with its flags, its red carpets, its splendor, the Shield of Americas summit took on the appearance of a NATO conference in miniature.
Trump takes a break
As a guest star, the Salvadoran Nayib Bukele, just to the right of the American president in the photo, this “great president”in his own words, cited as an example for his “hard-handed politics” against drug traffickers. At the helm, the American Secretary of State of Cuban origin Marco Rubio, initiator of the event. He gave a speech in Spanish, in front of all-hearing guests; the new Chilean president José Antonio Kast, the Bolivian Rodrigo Paz, the Honduran Nasry Tito Asfura, and of course Javier Milei, the Argentinian libertarian… Exiton the other hand, the Mexican and Brazilian heads of state, too left… “Trump hates Claudia Sheinbaum and wants to kill Brazilian Lula in the next presidential elections next October”assures a French diplomat on condition of anonymity. Far from the criticism of his European allies who accuse him of the Israeli-American military intervention in Iran, Trump offered himself a break with friends…
America has never seemed so united
“It has created a diversion, while the Atlantic Alliance is in decline, that the European Union is no longer marching one man behind America. New horizons are opening up without Europeans”analyzes the diplomat again. In any case, America, from north to south, has never seemed so united, far from the revolutions and counter-revolutions of the more or less bloody and traumatic 1960s and 1970s. “Unlike his first term, Trump now observes Latin America with great interestspecifies Agustin Laje, famous Argentinian conservative influencer. With this shield, he wants to achieve two objectives: to win the war on drugs which has created a public health crisis of considerable magnitude in the United States. On the other hand, he feels that drug trafficking is closely linked to 21st century socialism. And in this battle, Milei is a decisive ally. »
In Miami, the Argentine president was the first to shake Trump’s hand for a long time. Javier Milei owes him almost everything. Starting with his overwhelming victory in the last legislative elections last October, thanks to massive financial support from the United States. As proof of his recognition, Javier Milei, after encouraging American businessmen to invest in his country, gave his full support to the Israeli-American military intervention in Iran and offered military aid. “Under the left-wing presidency, Argentina had been drawn into the Russia-China-Iran-Venezuela allianceadds Agustin Laje. Argentina had even signed memoranda with Iran guaranteeing impunity for the perpetrators of the 1994 terrorist attack. With Milei, it is the return of Argentina in the western camp. »
A sign that the summit of the Shield of the Americas is already starting to bear fruit? After officially taking office on Wednesday – surrounded by the same friends – Chilean President José Antonio Kast proposed a new economic alliance with America and decided to build a wall with neighboring Bolivia, to “stop illegal immigration, smuggling, drug trafficking”… On Friday, just opposite Miami, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel announced the start of a democratic transition after a week of anti-Castro regime demonstrations. Trump 1-Socialism 0.
