Latin American Nations Rally Around U.S. in Break From Past
- Countries following U.S. in backing Venezuela’s Juan Guaido
- Past U.S. meddling in Latin America has prompted skepticism
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Until recently, it would have been unthinkable for a majority of Latin American countries to rally around U.S. President Donald Trump’s push for regime change in Caracas.
In a quick succession of statements, eleven Latin countries followed Trump’s lead to recognize Juan Guaido, the leader of Venezuela’s national assembly, as the country’s interim president. That’s a far cry from the traditional support for non-intervention and the suspicion with which Washington has been greeted in a region with a long history of U.S. intervention.