{"id":2330,"date":"2025-09-05T11:40:31","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T11:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/?p=2330"},"modified":"2025-09-05T11:40:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T11:40:31","slug":"how-are-regional-leaders-responding-to-u-s-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/?p=2330","title":{"rendered":"How Are Regional Leaders Responding to U.S. Attack?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-nosnippet=\"\">\n<p>Welcome back to <em>Foreign Policy<\/em>\u2019s Latin America Brief.<\/p>\n<p>The highlights this week: The <strong>United States strikes a boat<\/strong> near Venezuela, Guyana and Jamaica hold <strong>general elections<\/strong>, and Brazilians\u2019 <strong>perceptions of China<\/strong> improve.<\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-unit-signup--shortcode-fallback\">\n<h2 class=\"dek-heading\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/category\/latin-america-brief\/\">Sign up<\/a>  to receive Latin America Brief in your inbox every Friday.            <\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<form data-shortcode-newsletter=\"latin_america_brief\" class=\"newsletter-unit-signup newsletter-unit-signup--shortcode email-capture--step-1 newsletter-unit-signup--shortcode-latin_america_brief\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-latin_america_brief newsletter-shortcode-latin_america_brief\">\n<div class=\"show-on-email-capture--signed-up hide-from-newsletter-subscriber newsletter-unit-signup--shortcode--container\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-unit newsletter-row\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-latin_america_brief\">\n<h2 class=\"dek-heading\">Sign up to receive Latin America Brief in your inbox every Friday.<\/h2>\n<p>\n                        <button class=\"button\">Sign Up<\/button>\n                    <\/p>\n<div class=\"grid--flex newsletter-latin_america_brief newsletter-signup-container\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"Latin America Brief sign up form\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<div class=\"buttons\">\n<div class=\"hide-from-newsletter-subscriber privacy-policy-container\">\n<div class=\"privacy-policy-acknowledge\">\n<p><small>By submitting your email, you agree to the <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/privacy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/termsofuse\/\" target=\"_blank\">Terms of Use<\/a> and to receive email correspondence from us. 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The move was <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/09\/04\/venezuela-boat-strike-trump-maduro\/\">unprecedented<\/a> in recent regional history, and legal experts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/09\/03\/us\/politics\/hegseth-venezuela-drug-strike.html\">flagged<\/a> it as a suspected <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cdjzw3gplv7o\">violation<\/a> of international law.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration claimed that the boat carried drug traffickers from the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. The U.S. military \u201cwrongly applied wartime rules in what should have been a law-enforcement situation,\u201d Kenneth Roth, a former executive director of Human Rights Watch, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2025\/sep\/04\/trumps-killing-alleged-venezuelan-drug-traffickers\">wrote<\/a> in the <em>Guardian<\/em>. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/wireStory\/rubio-visits-ecuador-us-military-strike-venezuelan-boat-125258630\">said<\/a> on Wednesday that the boat posed an \u201cimmediate threat\u201d to the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The prospect of direct U.S. military action against Latin American drug cartels has <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/02\/21\/us-trump-crime-groups-terrorist-designation-guantanamo-deportations-venezuela\/\">raised alarm<\/a> across the region since February, when Trump began designating several groups as terrorist organizations\u2014including Tren de Aragua.<\/p>\n<p>Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, who has made several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cj4wyy4wl94o\">compromises<\/a> with Trump, has repeatedly stressed that unilateral U.S. military operations in Mexico would cross a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/aug\/08\/mexico-us-military-invasion-sheinbaum-trump\">red line<\/a>. Last week, following U.S. naval deployments to the Caribbean that preceded Tuesday\u2019s attack, Sheinbaum <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/es\/am%C3%A9rica-latina\/20250820-no-al-intervencionismo-m%C3%A9xico-cuba-y-colombia-rechazan-despliegue-militar-de-ee-uu-cerca-a-venezuela\">said<\/a> Mexico stood against foreign interventionism.<\/p>\n<p>National <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/07\/28\/briefing\/sovereignty-is-having-a-moment.html\">sovereignty<\/a> has become a frequent watchword in other Latin American countries\u2014including Brazil and Colombia\u2014as they have confronted steep U.S. tariff threats in recent months. So it was striking that most regional leaders\u2019 responses to the Caribbean operation were relatively muted.<\/p>\n<p>Brazilian President Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva and Sheinbaum did not immediately comment on the attack. On Wednesday, Sheinbaum met with Rubio in Mexico City and <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/rubio-mexico-ecuador-trump-venezuela-814af7f55a904743d73cf496b80848eb\">announced<\/a> heightened cooperation against drug and gun smuggling. Aside from Venezuelan officials themselves, Colombian President Gustavo Petro was a rare voice denouncing the U.S. strike, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/petrogustavo\/status\/1963091712508633258\">writing<\/a> on social media that it appeared to amount to \u201cmurder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sheinbaum\u2019s and Lula\u2019s leftist parties have historically been friendly to Venezuela\u2019s Socialist government. But their relations with Caracas became <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/01\/09\/venezuela-maduro-inauguration-gonzalez-machado-opposition-democracy\/\">strained<\/a> last year after strong <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/31\/world\/americas\/venezuela-maduro-election-results.html\">evidence<\/a> emerged that Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro had clung to power despite losing an election.<\/p>\n<p>Sheinbaum and Lula\u2019s silence on the U.S. strike this week reflects the distance that has opened between their countries and Venezuela since last year. (Petro has recently moved in the other direction, <a href=\"https:\/\/caracol.com.co\/2025\/07\/08\/canciller-encargada-rosa-villavicencio-es-blanco-de-criticas-por-sus-posturas-a-favor-del-chavismo\/\">appointing<\/a> a new foreign minister who has voiced support for Venezuela\u2019s ruling party.) It may also reflect the fact that both Mexico and Brazil are in the middle of their own sensitive tariff negotiations with the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, some Latin American countries that have cast themselves as friendly to Trump lauded the U.S. naval deployments in the Caribbean.<\/p>\n<p>The leader of Trinidad and Tobago even <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2025\/09\/03\/americas\/trinidad-tobago-caribbean-us-venezuela-strike-intl-latam\">praised<\/a> the strike and said the United States should kill drug traffickers \u201cviolently.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnnbrasil.com.br\/internacional\/argentina-declara-cartel-de-los-soles-como-organizacao-terrorista\/\">Argentina<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/spa\/paraguay-declara-organizaci%C3%B3n-terrorista-al-cartel-de-los-soles\/89880572\">Paraguay<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.infobae.com\/peru\/2025\/09\/04\/congreso-de-peru-aprobo-declarar-al-cartel-de-los-soles-de-nicolas-maduro-como-organizacion-terrorista\/\">Peru<\/a> were among the countries that followed the United States in <a href=\"https:\/\/comunicaciones.congreso.gob.pe\/noticias\/pleno-del-congreso-aprobo-mocion-que-declara-al-cartel-de-los-soles-como-organizacion-terrorista\/\">declaring<\/a> Venezuela\u2019s Cartel de los Soles a terrorist group.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-09-03\/hegseth-signals-more-to-come-after-us-strike-in-caribbean?sref=vxSzVDP0\">said<\/a> the U.S. mission against drug trafficking in the Caribbean wouldn\u2019t \u201cstop with just this strike\u201d and that anyone designated as a \u201cnarcoterrorist\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/hegseth-narco-terrorists-venezuela-boat-strike-response\/\">would face<\/a> the same fate. The U.S. Congress has not authorized military force against Tren de Aragua or any other gangs that Trump recently designated as terrorist groups.<\/p>\n<p>The warlike nature of the attack \u201csets a very worrying precedent,\u201d Paulo Filho, a retired Brazilian army colonel and former military academy instructor, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PauloFilho_90\/status\/1963191695580803207\">posted<\/a> on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Filho continued: \u201cWhat is the limit to this type of action? Who imposes such limits? President Trump? Does the law give him this power? Would this order be given against a boat on the Mississippi River? What about in a Brazilian favela?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, Sept. 9, to Friday, Sept. 12:<\/strong> Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro\u2019s Supreme Court trial continues. He faces charges of planning a coup following a 2022 election loss.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday, Sept. 7, to Wednesday, Sept. 10:<\/strong> Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to visit Argentina.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trade talks.<\/strong> The European Union\u2019s top leadership <a href=\"https:\/\/valor.globo.com\/opiniao\/assis-moreira\/coluna\/ue-avanca-e-submete-o-acordo-com-o-mercosul-para-aprovacao-dos-paises.ghtml\">submitted<\/a> a prospective trade deal with South American customs union Mercosur to the European Council for approval on Wednesday. The EU also announced draft plans for a <a href=\"https:\/\/ca.news.yahoo.com\/eu-vote-south-america-trade-173702342.html\">mechanism<\/a> to safeguard European agricultural products from a surge in imports. Farmers, especially in France, have vocally opposed the Mercosur deal.<\/p>\n<p>France\u2019s trade minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/europe-latin-america-trade-deal-france-win-reassurance\/\">said<\/a> on Wednesday that he was \u201creasonably optimistic\u201d about the deal. On the EU side, ratification of the deal <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.finance.yahoo.com\/news\/eu-presents-mercosur-deal-member-122045254.html\">requires<\/a> a majority vote in the European Parliament and the approval of at least 15 countries representing 65 percent of the EU population; within Mercosur, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/pt-br\/ue-d\u00e1-passo-importante-para-conclus\u00e3o-de-acordo-com-mercosul\/a-73872047\">ratification<\/a> occurs in national legislatures.<\/p>\n<p>In more provisional but still noteworthy news, Paraguay and Uruguay are in talks with around eight other countries\u2014including Singapore and the United Arab Emirates\u2014to join a trade facilitation agreement, the <em>Financial Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/d233de0d-ad0b-4483-9c7f-25d24a7b973a\">reported<\/a> last week. A step below a formal deal, the agreement would aim to grow commerce among the countries through confidence-boosting measures including the adoption of digital trade documents.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Beijing\u2019s image bump.<\/strong> The downturn in Brazil-U.S. relations since Trump took office has had consequences for the United States\u2019 image in Latin America\u2019s largest country. This year, Brazilians\u2019 views of the United States have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/us\/article\/3323256\/brazilians-negative-views-us-double-china-sees-sharp-rise-positives-poll\">turned<\/a> more negative, while their perceptions of China have become more positive, pollster Quaest found in a study released last week.<\/p>\n<p>Between October 2024 and August, the number of Brazilians with an unfavorable view of the United States <a href=\"https:\/\/g1.globo.com\/politica\/noticia\/2025\/08\/26\/quaest-percepcao-brasileiros-estados-unidos-china.ghtml\">jumped<\/a> from 24 to 48 percent, while the level with a favorable view of China increased from 38 to 49 percent.<\/p>\n<p>It is not the only poll to detect improvements in Brazilians\u2019 perception of China. A Pew Research Center <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/global\/2025\/07\/15\/views-of-china-and-xi-jinping-2025\/\">survey<\/a> that ran between January and late April found that 51 percent of Brazilians had a favorable view of China, up from 45 percent in 2024. Most of the Pew fieldwork was done before Trump announced steep tariffs on countries around the world in early April.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1205263\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone none\">            <span style=\"padding-bottom:66.625%;&#10;        \" class=\"image-attachment -ratioscale\"><br \/>\n        <br \/>\n        <\/span><figcaption style=\"height:0;opacity:0;\">An aerial view of the San Juan neighborhood in Quito, Ecuador, on June 25.<\/figcaption><p id=\"caption-attachment-1205263\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An aerial view of the San Juan neighborhood in Quito, Ecuador, on June 25.<span class=\"attribution\">Rodrigo Buendia\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><!-- caption placeholder --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Portraits of Quito.<\/strong> Half-built buildings, flower vendors, and people running from the rain are among the subjects of a series of <a href=\"https:\/\/gk.city\/ensayos-fotograficos-fotografia\/\">photo essays<\/a> on Ecuadorian news site GK. The series celebrates the poetry of everyday life in Quito and will mark one year in publication next month. Its 44 photo collections offer a contemplative look at a city that is more often in the news for <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/04\/18\/ecuador-election-noboa-gonzalez-trump-security-correa\/\">political polarization<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/english.elpais.com\/international\/2024-10-20\/organized-crime-takes-root-in-quito.html\">gang violence<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Photographers Nicole Moscoso Vergara and Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Le\u00f3n Cabrera\u2019s images tell economic and political stories about the city, too. Quito\u2019s ubiquitous <a href=\"https:\/\/gk.city\/2025\/08\/19\/quito-ciudad-a-medio-crecer-edificios-abandonados\/\">abandoned buildings<\/a> reflect cycles of economic booms and busts, and <a href=\"https:\/\/gk.city\/2024\/12\/04\/floristas-de-quito-retratos-de-vecis-que-venden-girasoles-rosas-y-mas\/\">flowers<\/a> are one of the country\u2019s top exports.<\/p>\n<p>Being <a href=\"https:\/\/gk.city\/2025\/08\/18\/clima-de-quito-gente-escampando\/\">caught in the rain<\/a>, meanwhile, is a great equalizer in the city\u2019s unpredictable mountain climate. The editors quote famous 18th-century Ecuadorian poet Juan Bautista Aguirre, who wrote that the Quito sky alternates between offering \u201cblessings\u201d and acting as a thief.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"fp-quiz\">\n<div class=\"fp-quiz-question\">\n<div class=\"fp-quiz-question-text\">\n<p>Ecuador is the world\u2019s third-largest exporter of cut flowers. Which type accounts for the majority of its exports?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"fp-quiz-question-response is-answer\"><\/p>\n<p>Roses<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"fp-quiz-question-response \"><\/p>\n<p>Lilies<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"fp-quiz-question-response \"><\/p>\n<p>Carnations<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"fp-quiz-question-response \"><\/p>\n<p>Chrysanthemums<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"fp-quiz-question-result\">\n<div class=\"fp-quiz-question-description\">\n<p>The country\u2019s volcanic soil and long periods of sunlight\u2014due to its location on the equator\u2014make it ideal for flower cultivation.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<hr\/>\n<div id=\"attachment_1205264\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone none\">            <span style=\"padding-bottom:66.625%;&#10;        \" class=\"image-attachment -ratioscale\"><br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" alt=\"Guyanese President Irfaan Ali and his wife, Arya Ali, gesture to media after voting at a polling station during general elections in Leonora, Guyana, on Sept. 1.\" class=\"image wp-image-1205264 size-text_width_tight -fit\" src=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Irfaan-Ali-Guyana-GettyImages-2232626885.jpg?w=800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Irfaan-Ali-Guyana-GettyImages-2232626885.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Irfaan-Ali-Guyana-GettyImages-2232626885.jpg?resize=150,100 150w, https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Irfaan-Ali-Guyana-GettyImages-2232626885.jpg?resize=550,367 550w, https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Irfaan-Ali-Guyana-GettyImages-2232626885.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Irfaan-Ali-Guyana-GettyImages-2232626885.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Irfaan-Ali-Guyana-GettyImages-2232626885.jpg?resize=401,267 401w, https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Irfaan-Ali-Guyana-GettyImages-2232626885.jpg?resize=800,533 800w, https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Irfaan-Ali-Guyana-GettyImages-2232626885.jpg?resize=1000,667 1000w, https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Irfaan-Ali-Guyana-GettyImages-2232626885.jpg?resize=275,183 275w, https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Irfaan-Ali-Guyana-GettyImages-2232626885.jpg?resize=325,217 325w, https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Irfaan-Ali-Guyana-GettyImages-2232626885.jpg?resize=600,400 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n        <\/span><figcaption style=\"height:0;opacity:0;\">Guyanese President Irfaan Ali and his wife, Arya Ali, gesture to media after voting at a polling station during general elections in Leonora, Guyana, on Sept. 1.<\/figcaption><p id=\"caption-attachment-1205264\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guyanese President Irfaan Ali and his wife, Arya Ali, gesture to media after voting at a polling station during general elections in Leonora, Guyana, on Sept. 1.<span class=\"attribution\">Keno George\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><!-- caption placeholder --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Incumbent leaders in Guyana and Jamaica were victorious in general elections this week. Guyanese President Irfaan Ali and Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness are each set for another term in office.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/sep\/04\/guyana-election-president-claims-victory-amid-newfound-oil-riches\">Guyana<\/a>\u2019s vote occurred Monday, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/sep\/04\/jamaica-election-results-andrew-holness-leads-labour-party-to-third-term\">Jamaica<\/a>\u2019s was on Wednesday. According to preliminary results from both elections, Guyana\u2019s ruling People\u2019s Progressive Party\/Civic (PPP\/C) earned more than twice the number of votes of its nearest rival. The Jamaica Labour Party won around 34 of 63 available legislative seats.<\/p>\n<p>In Guyana, debate ahead of the election focused on whether the country was making the best use of its recent oil windfall. The government\u2019s budget has quadrupled since production began in 2019, but by 2024, <a href=\"https:\/\/publications.iadb.org\/en\/ten-findings-about-poverty-latin-america-and-caribbean\">58 percent<\/a> of Guyanese were still living in poverty, according to the Inter-American Development Bank.<\/p>\n<p>The PPP\/C touted new investments in Guyana\u2019s roads, schools, and hospitals, while the opposition claimed that the PPP\/C had diverted some funds to benefit party allies. The PPP\/C denies the allegations.<\/p>\n<p>In Jamaica, where security is a major issue for voters, the country is on track to record its lowest homicide rate in more than 20 years. Holness has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamaicaobserver.com\/2025\/05\/25\/security-design-intention-meets-investment\/\">invested<\/a> in police training and equipment and emphasized intelligence-gathering.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe decline in Jamaica\u2019s murder rate is a direct result of Prime Minister Andrew Holness\u2019s strategic focus on dismantling organized crime since he took office,\u201d the Caribbean Policy Research Institute\u2019s Diana Thorburn <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/09\/02\/jamaica-caribbean-us-gang-violence-homicides-security-elections\/\">wrote<\/a> in <em>Foreign Policy<\/em> this week.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/09\/04\/trump-venezuela-strike-tren-aragua-mexico-brazil-colombia\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back to Foreign Policy\u2019s Latin America Brief. 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