The president of the United States, Donald Trump, will receive a group of Latin American leaders in Miami on March 7 in what will be the first regional summit he has convened since his return to the White House, as confirmed a White House official cnn.
The meeting, which will be held at the Trump National Doral Miami hotel, will bring together exclusively governments considered sympathetic to the US Administration.
According to White House sources confirmedPresidents Javier Milei (Argentina), Santiago Peña (Paraguay), Rodrigo Paz (Bolivia), Nayib Bukele (El Salvador), Daniel Noboa (Ecuador) and Nasry Asfura (Honduras), José Raúl Mulino (Panama) and Luis Abinader (Dominican Republic).
The “Trump Corollary” and the Monroe Doctrine
The summit takes place weeks after the US military operation that culminated in the capture of the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, and in the context in which the hemispheric policy of the United States is based on “Trump Corollary” to the Monroe Doctrine.
In your National Security Strategy published in December 2025the Trump administration stated: “We want a Western Hemisphere free of hostile foreign incursions or ownership of key assets. In other words, we will affirm and enforce a Trump Corollary of the Monroe Doctrine.”
China in the spotlight
One of the main objectives of the summit would be to outline a joint strategy against China’s advance in Latin America. The White House has expressed concern about China’s growing economic and geopolitical influence in the region, particularly in strategic sectors.
The control of critical minerals such as lithium, rare earths and other essential resources for the energy transition and the technological industry It is among the priorities of Washington, which seeks to ensure alternative supply chains to those dominated by Beijing.
Trump’s allies in the region
Among the guests, the Argentine Javier Milei is the closest ideologically, and is the leader who has seen Trump the most times. Argentina has received financial support from the US Treasury and has signed a free trade agreement with the United States.
For his part, the Salvadoran Nayib Bukele is another key ally because he decided to collaborate from the first moment with Trump’s harsh anti-immigration policy. In the case of Honduras, Trump publicly expressed his support for Nasry Asfura during the recent presidential elections.
The March 7 meeting marks a turning point in US hemispheric policy, with direct implications for all of Latin America and the Caribbean. Meanwhile, the Summit of the Americas which was to be held in 2025 in the Dominican Republic remains postponed without a defined date.
