00:00Donald Trump's return to the U.S. presidency not only marked a change in administration,
00:05but also reshaped the landscape for Latin America and the Caribbean with an economic
00:09strangulation policy. On this topic, evaluated in Edition 23 of the series Cuba in U.S. Foreign
00:16Policy, our correspondent Isabel Díaz reports from Havana.
00:22How do Washington's decisions impact the daily life of Cubans' regional stability
00:27and the island's international projection? This was the central focus of the debate where Cuban
00:33and U.S. experts analyzed the current trends and projections of U.S. foreign policy toward
00:38the largest of the Antilles.
00:42It has been an opportunity for academics from both countries, Cuba and the United States,
00:47as well as scholars from other countries, to share their perspectives on how the issue of
00:53Cuba is handled in the U.S. foreign policy. It has allowed discussions on the possibilities
00:58for approachment. The dialogues that have taken place in this context, it is being held during
01:05a time when there is an administration in Washington that has renewed all the principles of the Monroe
01:11Doctrine. This administration follows a very aggressive policy, especially towards Latin America
01:17and the Caribbean. We are seeing the initiative developing regarding Venezuela, which involves
01:22Cuba in some way, along with other countries such as Brazil and Mexico.
01:31A space for reflection on the urgency of redefining diplomatic strategies and strengthening resistance
01:36against policies that seek to halt development and attack the national sovereignty of the peoples
01:41in the region.
01:42The prerogative of Washington to determine whether and how Latin American and Caribbean countries
01:54should establish relations with nations outside the continent is clear. The ambition is evident
02:03and on certain occasions it has been declared that the goal is to impose by force U.S. access
02:12to the natural resources and strategic or critical wealth that belong to the countries of the region.
02:23Essential dynamics in an international context marked by geopolitical conflicts whose short,
02:28medium and long-term consequences are now part of global debates, particularly regarding racial tensions
02:35and the power struggle between Democrats and Republicans.
02:38What could be, in some way, the most contradictory aspect within that representation of the
02:46neo-racial rhetoric about Latinos is the idea that the New Herald constantly emphasizes the concept
02:51of citizenship and belonging to the U.S. citizenship. This aligns with the concept of citizenship
02:59and belonging to the U.S. that Donald Trump talks about, right? Make America great again.
03:04It's nothing more than an effort to make the United States white again. And the rest, well,
03:09they should just disappear because that's not the idea.
03:1262% of Latino voters prefer the Democratic candidate Kamala Harris compared to 37% for Donald Trump.
03:25This changes the narrative that Latinos turned out a large number to vote for Donald Trump.
03:30That was not true.
03:33For 23 years, the Cuba and U.S. foreign policy conversations have provided a valuable space
03:41for strategic analysis and reflection on bilateral relations based on respect for sovereignty,
03:47self-determination, and non-interference in the island's internal affairs.
03:52With the camera, Jose Yero, Isabel Díaz González, Telesur, La Habana.
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