Obama promised that the future would be different, no matter what political differences remained between the US and Latin America. "Latin Americans have always had this strong anti-intervention principle, partly because of the history of US interventions in Latin America." But the Trump administration has refused to rule out a US invasion, a move that could fracture the coalition's consensus. The Cold War raised the stakes in Latin America, as the US feared communism would spread to America's borders. "This is a return to the 20th-century policy of the United States," LeoGrande said, "that if 'we don't like a government in Latin America, we overthrow it.'"

Source: CNN February 09, 2019 18:11 UTC