Trump convenes Latin American leaders to curb crime, immigration
The Straits Times
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MIAMI – US President Donald Trump will meet on March 7 with a dozen right-wing leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean to discuss issues facing the region, from organised crime to illegal immigration.
The “Shield of the Americas” summit also aims to serve Washington by boosting US interests in the region and curbing those from foreign powers like China.
Mr Trump has already staked bold claims in Latin America with the ouster of former Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and working with his replacement, Ms Delcy Rodriguez, to claim Venezuelan oil reserves for America.
The summit at Mr Trump’s golf club in Doral, Florida – not far from his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach – marks the latest instance of the president moving ahead with his so-called “Donroe Doctrine” of asserting expanded US authority in the Western Hemisphere.
The summit comes soon after Mr Trump ordered US strikes alongside Israel in Iran, which has embroiled nations beyond the region in conflict, upended the world’s energy and transport sectors, and brought chaos to usually peaceful areas of the Gulf.
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