USAID Changes Reflect Short-Term, Transactional U.S. Policy
Latin America can expect U.S. assistance to focus on narrow policy goals, which will have wide-reaching effects.
The seismic shift underway at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), which disburses most U.S. humanitarian and development aid, is set to profoundly reshape U.S. assistance to Latin America. The Trump administration has enacted a controversial freeze on aid, announced plans to slash USAID's staff from over 10,000 to several hundred, and said it would fold the agency into the State Department. It is unclear whether these initial moves will stick, but two outcomes seem certain for U.S. assistance to the region, which amounted to roughly $3.7 billion in FY 2023, of...
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