Argentina’s FM says a Trump win would restructure U.S. relations with Latin America
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Argentina’s FM says a Trump win would restructure U.S. relations with Latin America
- Title: Argentina’s FM says a Trump win would restructure U.S. relations with Latin America
- Date: 8th November 2016
- Summary: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA (FILE – AUGUST, 2016) (REUTERS) ARGENTINA'S FOREIGN MINISTER, SUSANA MALCORRA, WITH U.N. SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN KI-MOON VARIOUS OF MALCORRA AND BAN WALKING TOGETHER
- Embargoed: 23rd November 2016 16:27
- Keywords: Argentina United States election Donald Trump Hillary Clinton Susana Malcorra
- Location: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
- City: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
- Country: Argentina
- Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA00157L5X7P
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Argentina's Foreign Minister Susana Malcorra on Monday (November 7) said a win by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump would mean a restructuring of relations between the United States and Latin America.
"If there were to be a decision by the U.S. electorate to vote for a model that was more insular, more isolationist, more xenophobic; that would have an impact on the world. As far as Latin America, I think one of the most important things that has happened during President Obama's administration has been the reconciliation with Cuba which has allowed the United States to play a new and different role in Latin America, because there was clearly a watershed moment with the Cuba issue. This has opened a ton of opportunities to work together on a lot of things. If this were to end, as has been stated by one of the candidates, it's clear there would also be a rethinking in links between Latin America and the United States. And in Argentina in particular, I think we've opened up a new dialogue, a new era with the United States and this, at the very least, would lead to a big halt. So, depending on the results, there could be big changes," Malcorra said on TN's "Desde el Llano" television programme.
U.S. President Barack Obama met with Argentine President Mauricio Macri in March of this year, just months after Macri took office in December of 2015.
Obama's trip was part of a wider effort to deepen ties and bolster U.S. influence with Latin America after years of frosty relations with left-leaning governments in the region.
Macri's rise to power was seen as the coming of a new ally in one of the Americas' biggest economies.
Obama travelled to Argentina from Cuba, where he became the first sitting U.S. president to visit in 88 years and opened a new chapter in engagement with the Caribbean island after decades of hostilities.
That policy shift has boosted Washington's standing in a region long wary of being treated as the U.S. "backyard".
Voters went to the polls in the United States on Tuesday (November 8) to elect Obama's successor between Republican businessman Donald Trump and Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. - Copyright Holder: FILE REUTERS (CAN SELL)
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