Latin America Turmoil Intrudes in Biden’s Focus on China, Europe
Latin America Turmoil Intrudes in Biden’s Focus on China, Europe
"Cuba in ferment, Haiti in chaos, Venezuela heading to negotiations...and still no Senate-confirmed Assistant Secretary of State for the Western Hemisphere," said Eric Farnsworth in Bloomberg.
President Joe Biden says his foreign policy focus is on dealing with the challenges posed by China and rebuilding frayed alliances in Asia and Europe.
Latin America is putting those priorities to a test.
From political protests in Cuba to a presidential assassination in Haiti and the migration crisis on the southern border, the Biden administration is finding it harder to avoid getting pulled into Latin America’s problems. There are few easy solutions of the trouble spots in a region spanning 20 countries and encompassing 660 million people…
But some analysts point to persistent personnel shortages as also undermining the Biden administration’s response.
“Cuba in ferment, Haiti in chaos, Venezuela heading to negotiations, Nicaragua radicalizing...and STILL no Senate-confirmed Assistant Secretary of State for the Western Hemisphere (none since August 2019),” Eric Farnsworth, vice president of the Americas Society/Council of the Americas and a former U.S. diplomat, tweeted. “Can we get this fixed soon? Please and thank you.”…
