{"id":15400,"date":"2026-03-08T00:32:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T00:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zoominfinancial.com\/?p=15400"},"modified":"2026-03-08T00:32:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T00:32:52","slug":"donald-trump-calls-for-more-us-military-action-in-latin-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zoominfinancial.com\/?p=15400","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump calls for more US military action in Latin America"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__content-sign-up-topic-description o3-type-body-base\">Your guide to what Trump\u2019s second term means for Washington, business and the world<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"article__content-sign-up-iframe close\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"signUpIframe\" data-prev-url=\"\/register\/in-article-sign-up?ft-content-uuid=b974477f-61a4-492e-b8b7-9709f4086b4c&amp;newsletter-id=65b8fec772badb00166eafc6\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>Donald Trump has announced a military coalition with a dozen Latin American countries to combat drug cartels, as the US president pushed regional allies to allow more military action from Washington inside their borders.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also took a swipe at Mexico for rejecting his offer to use the US military to pursue cartel leaders and facilities, and said that the US would \u201csoon be coming to Cuba\u201d which was teetering \u201cvery much at the end of the line\u201d without money or oil.<\/p>\n<p>The president\u2019s comments at a summit with Latin American leaders held at his Doral resort in Florida came in the middle of his week-old war against Iran, the most significant US military intervention overseas since the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. <\/p>\n<p>They also demonstrated Trump\u2019s efforts to assert US dominance in the western hemisphere, from Greenland to South America, as one of the cornerstones of his second-term foreign policy. <\/p>\n<p>In January, US forces launched a daring raid in Caracas to topple and capture Venezuelan revolutionary socialist leader Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, following a campaign of air strikes against alleged drug boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific. Trump has said that he would turn his focus back to Latin America once the war in the Middle East was finished, though US officials have warned it could last for weeks.<\/p>\n<p>At Doral, Trump signed a proclamation establishing the Shield of the Americas, flanked by the leaders of Argentina, Bolivia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guayana, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay and Trinidad and Tobago, as well as the president-elect of Chile. <\/p>\n<p>Trump told the gathered nations that they had \u201ctremendous potential\u201d, but to fulfil it, \u201cwe must smash the grip of the cartels and criminal gangs\u201d to \u201ctruly liberate our people\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, Brazilian President Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva and Colombian President Gustavo Petro were not invited.<\/p>\n<p>Trump encouraged the leaders in Doral to use their militaries to combat drug cartels, but also urged them to call on the US to conduct joint operations in their countries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only way to defeat these enemies is by unleashing the power of our militaries. We have to use our military. You have to use your military,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>Trump acknowledged that not all leaders would want the US military operating in their nations, but \u201cif you need help, you\u2019re going to let us\u201d, he said, as he offered the use of US missiles. <\/p>\n<p>While Trump said that Mexico\u2019s Sheinbaum was \u201ca beautiful woman\u201d with \u201ca beautiful voice\u201d, his frustration with her was on display. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must recognise the epicentre of cartel violence is Mexico\u201d, he said. Trump complained that whenever he has offered Sheinbaum help to \u201ceradicate\u201d the criminal groups in Mexico, she has said \u201c\u2018no, no, no, please\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sheinbaum told reporters she was keeping \u201ca cool head\u201d when asked about Trump\u2019s remarks on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The US supplied Mexico with intelligence for its operation last month that killed Nemesio Oseguera, known as \u201cEl Mencho\u201d, the former head of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, but did not contribute forces.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has threatened to use military force in Mexico unilaterally, and appeared to renew such warnings on Saturday. <\/p>\n<p>Mexican cartels \u201care fuelling and obviously getting much of the bloodshed and chaos in this hemisphere. The United States government will do whatever is necessary to defend our national security,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon on Tuesday announced it had launched a military operation in Ecuador alongside the country\u2019s own forces, claiming they had taken out a supply complex, as it worked to dismantle \u201cnarco-terrorist\u201d networks. <\/p>\n<p>The US has now taken military action inside seven countries since the president returned to the White House in January 2025. He had campaigned on a promise to end America\u2019s foreign military entanglements.<\/p>\n<p>US defence secretary Pete Hegseth said on Thursday that the Pentagon would devote more resources to US Southern Command, which oversees American military operations in most of Latin America. He said the US was \u201cprepared to take on these threats and go on the offence alone, if necessary\u201d, but that it was Washington\u2019s preference for countries in the region to work with the administration.<\/p>\n<p><em>Additional reporting by Ciara Nugent in Mexico City<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/b974477f-61a4-492e-b8b7-9709f4086b4c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump\u2019s second term means for Washington, business and the 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