I recently had a conversation with Arturo Dominguez, a seasoned investigative journalist who covers Latin America.

Arturo argues that opposition figures such as Venezuela’s María Corina Machado, who is being lauded in U.S. media for being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, align with far-right networks, including Javier Milei (Argentina) and Jair Bolsonaro (Brazil). Based on his reporting, Arturo says Machado has a historical record of backing coups, foreign intervention, and frequently espouses xenophobic rhetoric.

We shifted to Argentina, where I contextualized U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s recent $20 billion U.S. currency swap, which in effect, was a tool to prop up the country’s peso and by extension, support its president, Javier Milei.

Meanwhile, Trump has publicly tied the swap to Milei’s electoral success, warning that aid could be withdrawn if his coalition underperforms.

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