Trump Is Righting Latin America

Back from the brink of communist destruction, Trump deserves credit for the rightward lurch across Latin America.

Arthur Schaper | July 15, 2026

I am proud to be an American, not just because our nation has lasted 250 years with great success under the same charter, but because of our positive influence around the world.

In World War I, we turned the tide in favor of the Allied forces. 

In World War II, Nazi totalitarianism would have won, but the United States bolstered Allied forces overseas and in the European theater. Japanese aggression throughout Southeast Asia, from 1931 to 1945, ended because of America. We dropped two atomic bombs on their homeland, and we forced their surrender.

The Cold War was the longest conflict. Yes, there were fewer battles, but many sanctions, lots of threats, and too many incursions and expansions of communist influence around the world. The United States stood firm against the Soviet Union and its satellites. President Nixon’s rapprochement with China and Reagan’s tough diplomacy hastened the Soviet Union’s decline.

The world received an unexpected Christmas gift on December 25, 1991, when Mikhail Gorbachev declared the official dissolution of the Soviet Union.

North Korea still embraces its Stalinist cause, but faces increasing isolation, forcing them to allow increased economic liberalism.  China incorporated market reforms while retaining its authoritarian regime, but a population implosion, weakening trade, and increased indebtedness are dooming the country.

President Trump has increased the pressure on these rogue regimes, demanding economic freedom and political reforms. He has unchained American dependence on China, networked rapprochement between North Korea and South Korea, and resisted Putin’s designs on Eastern Europe and the Caucasus Mountains. Indonesia and Vietnam have also become more friendly towards the United States. Freedom has a chance when nations begin to comply and cooperate with our country.

While communism collapsed in Russia, it sadly relocated and re-emerged in Latin America. The cancer captured Cuba in 1958, then........

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