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Crises make Latin America an unwelcome guest for Joe Biden

Migration and China’s vaccine diplomacy force US president to turn his attention to region

Like Banquo’s ghost in Macbeth, Latin America has made an unwelcome appearance before Joe Biden’s administration at an inopportune moment.

Crises this month in Cuba and Haiti, unpredictable populist presidents, environmental destruction and a migration crisis in Central America are competing for the attention of a US president who would prefer to spend his political capital at home.

“These are headaches Biden didn’t anticipate and isn’t very comfortable dealing with,” said Michael Shifter, president of the Inter-American Dialogue, a Washington think-tank. “The domestic political pressures are paramount and becoming ever more so.”

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