Washington is rediscovering an old playbook for Latin America, but it is doing so in an era that looks very different from the days when the United States could reshape the hemisphere at will. The publication of the new National Security Strategy (NSS) reveals a clear ambition: to βrestoreβ U.S. preeminence in the Western Hemisphere, strengthen military presence and prevent China from consolidating economic and technological influence across Latin America. It reads less like a fresh strategic vision and more like a revival of a century-old doctrine, updated for a world Washington no longer confidently dominates.
The analogy that inevitably comes to mind is the Roosevelt era.
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