Overview
- About a dozen right-leaning Latin American leaders attended, including Argentina’s Javier Milei and El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele, while Mexico, Brazil and Colombia were not invited.
- Trump announced the new anti-cartel coalition and said the United States is prepared to use military force, including missiles, if partner governments request it.
- He told the gathering he would not learn Spanish and prefers interpreters, a line that drew laughs in the room and dominated post-summit coverage.
- The president described Mexico as the “epicenter of cartel violence,” intensifying criticism of a key neighbor excluded from the summit.
- Held at Trump’s Doral resort, the rollout offered few specifics as Cuba’s Miguel Díaz-Canel condemned the initiative as neocolonial and Kristi Noem was named special envoy for the effort.