Exploring the Americas Through Expert Conversations

Episode 9 In this episode, Jeremy Martin speaks with Richard Feinberg, Professor Emeritus at UC San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy, about the changing relationship between the United States and Latin America in an era of geopolitical competition. Drawing on decades of experience in U.S.–Latin American relations, including senior positions in the U.S. government and at the Inter-American Development Bank, Feinberg examines what is genuinely new about Washington’s renewed attention to the hemisphere, the growing role of China, and whether Latin American countries have more bargaining power today than Washington sometimes assumes. The conversation explores politics, trade, investment, security, and the evolving balance of influence across the Americas and asks whether this represents a lasting strategic reorientation or rather a cycle focused on narrow goals and objectives that is seen as heightened U.S. attention to the region.