[I]t is likely that this American marginalization of the old continent will increase with the emerging European panic about the 'Russian danger' in the post-war period.
It is preferable for United States to be occasionally accused of not having practiced its values, rather than be accused of having abandoned them entirely.
The recent sanctions on Venezuela and the incomprehensible designation of our country as a 'threat to national security' . . . are yet another example of the [United States'] self-proclaimed 'manifest destiny.'
China does not pursue exclusive interests in Latin America, and it does not wish to contend with the U.S. for 'backyard sovereignty' and thereby put U.S. territory at risk.