{"id":459788,"date":"2022-06-09T03:05:04","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T00:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/bidens-poor-latin-american-relations-spells-disaster-for-us-border-security\/"},"modified":"2022-06-09T03:05:04","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T00:05:04","slug":"bidens-poor-latin-american-relations-spells-disaster-for-us-border-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bidens-poor-latin-american-relations-spells-disaster-for-us-border-security\/","title":{"rendered":"#Biden&#8217;s poor Latin American relations spells disaster for US border security"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26b74e5e2cc\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26b74e5e2cc\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bidens-poor-latin-american-relations-spells-disaster-for-us-border-security\/#%E2%80%9CBidens_poor_Latin_American_relations_spells_disaster_for_US_border_security%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Biden&#8217;s poor Latin American relations spells disaster for US border security&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CBidens_poor_Latin_American_relations_spells_disaster_for_US_border_security%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Biden&#8217;s poor Latin American relations spells disaster for US border security&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>This week\u2019s Summit of the Americas should be an opportunity for the US government to get together with its neighbors to find effective solutions to immigration and security challenges. Instead, even the leftist Salvadoran outlet El Faro <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/elfaro.net\/en\/202206\/centroamerica\/26206\/Biden%E2%80%99s-Central-America-Problem-on-Display-at-LA-Summit.htm\">notes<\/a> the meeting is shaping up to be another foreign-policy and domestic catastrophe for the Biden team.<\/p>\n<p>Four of the Latin American countries responsible for 90% of immigration flow into the United States \u2014 Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala \u2014 are not sending their heads of state, a slap in the administration\u2019s face. This also means the open-border migration crisis that has led to recent security predicaments \u2014 such as a Hezbollah cell member\u2019s attempt to smuggle in ISIS terrorists to assassinate former President George W. Bush \u2014 will remain unaddressed.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden has no one but himself to blame for the distinct possibility one of the signature events for US \u201cnear abroad\u201d policy will <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/biden-covid-politics-health-2480ae5442b7df2bf996b5614da767ab\">flop<\/a>. This is due to a mixture of mismanagement and destructive ideology. Honduras and Mexico are following the Cuba-Venezuela-Nicaragua alliance, which would much rather deal with Iran, China and Russia. Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua are boycotting the summit \u2014 and then Biden excluded them \u2014 despite Biden\u2019s recent efforts to normalize business and tourist relations with Cuba and lift energy sanctions from the Maduro regime.<\/p>\n<p>El Salvador\u2019s President Nayib Bukele and Guatemala\u2019s President Alejandro Giammattei are staying away thanks to the Biden\u2019s administration\u2019s persecution of their respective governments. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Migrants.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Latin American migrants take part in a caravan towards the border with the United States, in Huehuetan, Chiapas state, Mexico, on June 7, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-22586615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Migrants.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Migrants.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Migrants.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>President Joe Biden\u2019s lenient border policies are causing security issues in Latin American countries.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">ISAAC GUZMAN\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>El Salvador\u2019s cooperation was essential in pursuing policies that would cut down on illegal migration from that country to America. Bukele had worked closely with the Trump administration on securing the borders from the brutal MS-13 gang, which is now one of the many violent organizations in El Salvador facing arrests, trials and likely imprisonment for their crimes. Guatemala, too, proved a crucial partner on domestic and foreign security concerns. <\/p>\n<p>But as soon as Biden took office, he placed government officials in these countries on the US corruption list and started campaigns against their heads of state, particularly Bukele, accusing him of human-rights abuses and secret negotiations with MS-13 and other gangs.<\/p>\n<p>Vice President Kamala Harris, who had no prior experience on immigration or Central America, was supposed to manage the economic policy that would benefit US-Northern Triangle relations by helping attract investors to those countries. The idea was that increased economic opportunities would inspire the poor in Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala to stay home rather than flee to America. Instead, Team Biden diverted humanitarian aid from El Salvador\u2019s government to leftist human-rights nongovernmental organizations and proceeded to hound Bukele for taking measures to crack down on criminals \u2014 many of whom ended up roaming US streets.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Nayib-Bukele.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"El Salvador President Nayib Bukele\" class=\"wp-image-22586616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Nayib-Bukele.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Nayib-Bukele.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Nayib-Bukele.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The Trump administration had worked with El Salvador President Nayib Bukele on stopping the dangerous MS-13 gang.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS\/Jose Cabezas<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Harris\u2019 June 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> to Guatemala was ultimately an embarrassment; protesters mocked the veep, holding signs telling her, \u201cGo home.\u201d Her Honduras visit was superficial and accomplished little. The new president\u2019s husband there had been ousted from office for trying to change the constitution and was rescued by Cuba and Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p>Guatemala\u2019s Giammattei was once a preferred partner for Biden, but the relationship deteriorated after Biden attempted to interfere with the country\u2019s judiciary. Indeed, Biden has attacked and harassed the few remaining pro-Western countries in Latin America. He\u2019s consistently tried to delegitimize Bukele, who has an 87% <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roval rating and has coordinated all of his decisions with the legislature, as a \u201cdictator\u201d while appeasing the Maduro regime and its counterparts in Cuba and Nicaragua.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Finally, Biden almost lost Argentina and Brazil, two of the leading economic powers in Latin America, and had to beg them to attend by promising bilateral meetings in the United States, a position that does nothing for America\u2019s image abroad.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of mismanaging relationships with key allies in Latin America, Biden is facing a mounting border crisis and an overall US loss of influence in the neighborhood \u2014 when US foreign policy is already seen as weak and inviting to its key adversaries and agents of instability.<\/p>\n<p>Biden can learn from these disastrous confrontations that left small, friendly countries preferring not to deal with America at all rather than face humiliation, punishment and harassment. He needs to rebuild cooperation and coordinate a resolution to the security problem before encroaching crime, terrorism and the spillover from Venezuela\u2019s regional hegemony become irreversible.<\/p>\n<p><em>Irina Tsukerman is a human rights lawyer and a geopolitical and security analyst, the CEO of Scarab Rising, a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> and security consultancy, and the editor-in-chief of The Washington Outsider.<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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