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Colombian President Gustavo Petro speaks during a rally at Bolivar Square in Bogota on October 24, 2025. Since returning to the White House in January, arguably no region has been in Donald Trump’s crosshairs more than Latin America, the target of economic and military coercion US interventionism. The US President made his intensions clear from Day 1: vowing to take back the Panama Canal, rename the Gulf of Mexico, expel Latin American migrants and stop drugs crossing the southern border. The response has varied, determined in large part on a country’s closeness to rival powerhouse China.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro speaks during a rally at Bolivar Square in Bogota on October 24, 2025.
Since returning to the White House in January, arguably no region has been in Donald Trump’s crosshairs more than Latin America, the target of economic and military coercion US interventionism. The US President made his intensions clear from Day 1: vowing to take back the Panama Canal, rename the Gulf of Mexico, expel Latin American migrants and stop drugs crossing the southern border. The response has varied, determined in large part on a country’s closeness to rival powerhouse China.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro speaks during a rally at Bolivar Square in Bogota on October 24, 2025.
Since returning to the White House in January, arguably no region has been in Donald Trump’s crosshairs more than Latin America, the target of economic and military coercion US interventionism. The US President made his intensions clear from Day 1: vowing to take back the Panama Canal, rename the Gulf of Mexico, expel Latin American migrants and stop drugs crossing the southern border. The response has varied, determined in large part on a country’s closeness to rival powerhouse China.