昨天是这份时事通讯的诞生一周年！我们的创刊号重点关注了委内瑞拉政权更迭的潜在风险。
Yesterday marked the first birthday of this newsletter! Our inaugural issue focused on the specter of regime change in Venezuela An aggressive focus on the Western Hemisphere “may soon be official U.S. doctrine,” I wrote at the time.
我当时写道：对西半球的这种强硬态度‘可能很快就会成为美国的官方政策’。”确实如此。
No kidding.
唐纳德·特朗普加深了华盛顿对拉丁美洲的影响，并增加了美国的军事存在。他通过与其他右翼领导人合作打击贩毒集团来实现这一目标。
Donald Trump has deepened Washington’s influence and increased its military presence across Latin America. And one way he has done that is by offering to work with like-minded right-wing leaders to fight drug cartels.
本周末，巴西——该大陆上为数不多的由左翼政府执政的国家之一——将举行大选。
This weekend, Brazil, one of the few countries on the continent run by a left-wing government, goes to the polls.
现任总统路易斯·伊纳西奥·卢拉·达席尔瓦将面临前总统雅伊尔·博索纳罗的儿子的挑战，而博索纳罗是特朗普的盟友。
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is up against the son of the former president Jair Bolsonaro, a Trump ally.
今天，我的同事杰克·尼卡斯撰文分析了这一选举为何具有关键意义。
Today my colleague Jack Nicas writes about why this is a pivotal moment.