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11/07/2020 1:37 PM
Clarín.com
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Updated 11/07/2020 1:37 PM
When Joe Biden assumes the presidency of the United States, on January 20, the first world power will turn the course that the Republican Donald Trump maintained in these four years.
And it will launch new policies that will have repercussions on a global level, including Latin America and Argentina.
At the global level, he will try to rebuild Washington's influence and return to the multilateralism that the Republican magnate's government abandoned.
In addition, it will have an
open border
policy
more favorable to immigration.
As for Latin America,
Biden knows the region well because when he was vice he was appointed by Obama to take care of the area
.
According to his relatives, he will try to deepen ties and focus on a democratic transition in Venezuela.
What will the relationship with the government of Alberto Fernández be like?
Arturo Valenzuela, former Barack Obama official for the region, told
Clarín
days ago that "it can be pragmatic and there can also be friction."
Joe Biden, then Vice President, with then Argentine President Cristina Fernández in Washington in April 2010. Photo;
DYN
According to the expert, the future government of the United States
will
surely
support Argentina with the IMF
in the renegotiation of the debt.
"We are going to normalize relations in the world and with a more dignified treatment for all," said Valenzuela.
"The drama that we are all going to have is that the United States has the most serious deficit that it has had in its history, since the beginning of the 20th century, since the great depression of the 1930s. The international economic catastrophe of the pandemic, but also of the The collapse of the international system of which the United States was one of the key architects, has been quite difficult. You don't have to have many illusions, but you have to try to rebuild what can be rebuilt for the benefit of all, "he remarked.
During the administration of Cristina Kirchner, Argentina staged a diplomatic clash with the United States, when Obama was ruling.
It was in 2011, when
a US military plane was detained
when it landed at the Ezeiza international airport, transporting personnel and material to train personnel from the Federal Police's Special Group for Federal Operations (GEOF).
By order of then-Chancellor Héctor Timmerman, the aircraft was inspected by Customs experts who
seized weapons and medicines
.
Valenzuela had to deal with that episode in person.
"We seek to come out with a much more sensible and coherent policy. I frankly have more hope now that there is greater pragmatism in Argentina that can allow a more normal and non-contentious relationship," the expert recalled in the interview with
Clarín
.
With respect to the rest of Latin America, a priority will be to address
the crisis in Venezuela
.
Although many of Florida's Latinos voted for Donald Trump, Joe Biden has their support among the Hispanic community and promises to improve ties with Latin America.
Photo: EFE
"The situation in Venezuela is catastrophic, not only from an economic point of view but also at a political level. Any way out for Venezuela, particularly with the problems that are occurring with the oil industry internationally and being a country that has depended too much of a single product, it will be very difficult, "said Valenzuela.
But he noted that, unlike the Trump administration, "which only became obsessed with the issue but failed to achieve any effective way out," the Biden administration will approach it as "a joint effort."
The future Democratic government will also try to resume a better relationship with Cuba, after Trump backed down with the thaw that Barack Obama favored.
On the economic level, Biden's proposals involve
reopening the United States to global trade
and seeking to rebuild the tariff war with China and the European Union.
Washington, correspondent
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