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Trump claims credit for Latin America’s shift to the right and says countries now respect the US

From El Universal · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • President Donald Trump said his influence helped move several Latin American governments from the left toward the right and closer to Washington.
  • He claimed partial credit for the election of Colombia’s right-wing president Abelardo de la Espriella and said he had helped many candidates in Argentina.
  • Trump said he maintained a good relationship with Brazil despite tensions with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, while Mexico and Brazil remained the region’s main left-wing governments.

Donald Trump is presenting Latin America’s political shift to the right as evidence of his influence. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, the US president said governments that had once been led by the left were now aligning with Washington.

Our continent really looks very different from what it was. They have gone from the left to the right. Everyone is going to the right

— Donald TrumpTrump described what he portrayed as a broad political shift across Latin America.

“Our continent really looks very different from what it was. They have gone from the left to the right. Everyone is going to the right,” Trump said. He also claimed that many countries in the region had shown no respect for the United States two years earlier, but now did, adding that Washington was doing “very well in South America, in Latin America.”

Trump cited Colombia as a recent example. He said right-wing candidate Abelardo de la Espriella, whom he supported in the presidential runoff, had not been the favorite before winning power from leftist Gustavo Petro after years of tensions between Bogotá and the US administration. Trump attributed part of the victory to his own backing.

very well in South America, in Latin America

— Donald TrumpTrump said the United States was gaining respect and influence in the region.

He also pointed to his close relationship with Argentine President Javier Milei, saying he had helped “many people” win elections in Argentina. On Brazil, Trump said he had “a good relationship” with the country despite tensions between his administration and Lula’s government. Lula is due to face Trump ally Flávio Bolsonaro at the polls in October.

many people

— Donald TrumpTrump said he had helped many candidates win elections in Argentina.

Brazil under Lula and Mexico under Claudia Sheinbaum remain the region’s main left-wing strongholds. Other governments described as aligned with Trump include Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador and Peru.

a good relationship

— Donald TrumpTrump used the phrase to describe his relationship with Brazil despite tensions with Lula’s government.
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Originally published by El Universal in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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