In her contribution to the Newsletter of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung‘s Latin American Network for Inclusive Security, WOLA’s Vice President for Programs, Maureen Meyer, looks at the potential priorities of a Trump administration for Latin America, the role of Congress in advancing Trump’s agenda, and how civil society organizations can strengthen alliances and coordination to defend past gains and resist further erosion of democratic norms and the rule of law.
“With Trump as president and a Republican-controlled Congress for at least the next two years, there will be a realignment of priority areas of U.S. assistance, if not substantial reductions, with ideological views increasingly influencing U.S. funding allocations. Already Republicans have sought to eliminate or dramatically reduce U.S. assistance to Colombia under the Petro administration and withhold economic assistance to countries who hire Cuban doctors. The version of the 2025 foreign aid bill approved by the Republican-controlled House would remove U.S. contributions to the Inter-American Development Bank, referencing the role of China in the IDB”.
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