Joe Biden's challenges in Latin America
United States President Joe Biden.
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By: Marie-France Chatin Follow
2 min
They are immense… so much is it for the new occupant of the White House to reconquer the continent after a Trump presidency which has oscillated between humiliations, threats and other insults against a background of great neglect.
Abandonment which increased Chinese and Russian interests in the region.
Latin America, the traditional zone of influence of the world's leading power, has today become a major strategic confrontation ground with China, the systemic rival of the United States.
A look at Joe Biden and his administration's plans for this region.
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Guests:
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Celia Himelfarb,
economist, honorary lecturer at Sciences Po Grenoble and member of the Strategic Orientation Council of the Institute of Higher Studies of Latin America.
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Olivier Compagnon
, professor of contemporary history.
Attached to the Institute of Higher Studies in Latin America of the Sorbonne Nouvelle University and to the Research and Documentation Center of the Americas, CREDA.
Also co-editor of Cahiers des Amériques.
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Christophe Ventura,
Director of Research at Iris.
"United States-Latin America: what prospects after the election of Joe Biden".
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