特朗普政府取消了几名拉美高级官员的美国签证，此举旨在支持那些被视为符合其地区野心的友好政治人物。
The Trump administration cancelled the US visas of several senior Latin American officials, a move intended to support politicians it regards as friendly to its regional ambitions.
被视为与白宫关系密切的领导人赢得了拉美近期所有选举，其中许多人承诺支持特朗普政府针对毒品走私的“美洲之盾”安全倡议。
Leaders seen as close to the White House have won all of Latin America’s recent elections, with many vowing support for the Trump administration’s Shield of the Americas security initiative targeting drug smuggling.
华盛顿利用签证帮助其盟友：玻利维亚总检察长正在调查一位在拉美被称为“MAGA的人”的政治策略师，他是二十多名失去签证的现任和前官员之一。这些举措正值华盛顿重新在西半球assert权力，以对抗中国的影响力。—— 赫罗尼莫·冈萨雷斯
Washington has leveraged visas to help its allies: Bolivia’s attorney general, who is leading an investigation against a political strategist known as “MAGA’s man” in Latin America, was one of more than two dozen current and former officials to lose their visas. The moves come as Washington reasserts power in the Western Hemisphere in a bid to combat China’s influence. — Jeronimo Gonzalez