Heine Comments on Summit of the Americas & U.S.-Latin American Relations
In a new Washington Post article, Jorge Heine, Research Professor at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, discusses the Summit of the Americas as well as the United States’ shortcomings on the world stage, particularly in Latin America.
The article, titled “Biden’s hemispheric summit may end up a dud,” explores the troubling atmosphere preceding the Summit of the Americas as well as the Biden administration’s two major regional proposals – a joint declaration on migration and the “Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity.” Heine has spoken extensively about this year’s Summit as well as the exclusion of numerous Latin American countries, and he describes the two initiatives as “very thin.”
Heine notes that he had hoped for more from President Joe Biden when it comes to Latin America since, as Vice President under former President Barrack Obama, had made numerous visits to the region. However, instead of moving beyond the anti-immigrant vitriol and ideological ax-grinding against left-leaning regimes characteristic of Donald Trump’s presidency, he argues that Biden is pursuing a “Trump-lite” approach where the “rhetoric has been toned down, but the policies have continued very much along the same lines.”
The full article can be read on The Washington Post‘s website.
Ambassador Jorge Heine is a Research Professor at the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University. He has served as ambassador of Chile to China (2014-2017), to India (2003-2007) and to South Africa (1994-1999), and as a Cabinet Minister in the Chilean Government. Read more about Ambassador Heine on his faculty profile.