Sin Fronteras: “Shield of the Americas,” Trump’s Alliance

THURSDAY, MARCH 12

PROGRAM #11077 12:00 PM PT 

Sin Fronteras. This is a program of “Sin Fronteras,” a special series that serves audiences in the US and Mexico with breaking news and analysis on major developments affecting Latinos in the US.

Guests: Mariana Pineda, Reporter, Houston, TX; Jesús Del Toro, General Manager & Editor in Chief, La Raza Newspaper, Chicago, IL; Jose Lopez Zamorano, Correspondent, Washington, DC.

“Shield of the Americas,” Trump’s Alliance. 

President Trump is bringing together in Miami 12 Latin American presidents closest to his administration to form a political bloc in the region. Mexico—neighboring country and the United States’ largest trading partner—is notably absent. What is the real agenda behind this summit? How does it meet the goals of the renewed Monroe Doctrine? And what’s the political agenda of the chosen governments?

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Guest: Laura Carlsen, Political Analyst, Director of the independent center for international relations MIRA: Feminisms and Democracies, Mexico City, MX.

Immediate Tariff Refunds. A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to begin refunding more than $130 billion collected through global tariffs that the Supreme Court later struck down. Who can request a refund, how will the process work, and how much could businesses recover? Meanwhile, California has filed a new lawsuit seeking to halt additional global tariffs that, according to Governor Gavin Newsom, illegally burden U.S. consumers.

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Guest: Dr. Alfredo Romero, Economist and Chair, Department of Economics, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, NC.

Cuba: The Humanitarian Crisis. After more than a month of an oil blockade and deepening humanitarian crisis in Cuba, Caribbean nations are coordinating efforts to collectively support the island. At the same time, Canada has contributed millions in food aid. At the same time, facing pressure from Washington, the Cuban government announced political and economic changes allowing greater partnerships between state-owned and private enterprises. These and other developments are covered in this special series.

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Guest: Jose Nieves, Journalist and Editor-in-Chief, elTOQUE, and Executive Director, Más Voces Foundation, Miami, FL.

Beyond “El Mencho.” For decades, drug cartels have consolidated their power across North America, fueled by violence, illicit markets, and failed policies. Their rise did not occur in a vacuum: demand for drugs in the United States, legislative decisions, and foreign policy strategies have played key roles in their expansion. The death of cartel leader El Mencho is reigniting debate about these shared responsibilities. What would change if the massive demand for illicit drugs in the United States were to be controlled—and if weapons stopped massively flowing south?

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Guest: Carlos Pérez Ricart, Professor and Researcher, Division of International Studies, Center for Economic Research and Teaching-CIDE, and author of “La violencia vino del norte” (“Violence Came from the North”), Mexico City, MX.

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