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ONE YEAR OF TRUMP 2.0:
IMPLICATIONS FOR LATIN AMERICA

A FULL DAY
OF EVENTS ON
27 JANUARY 2026

PUBLIC ACADEMIC WORKSHOP | 13:00–18:00
VENUE: OUDEMANHUISPOORT, LECTURE HALL D0.09
LAC and the US under Trump 2.0: Implications for the Americas and how we study the region

REGISTRATION
Registration is open until 24 January 2026.

PUBLIC EVENING EVENT AT DE BALIE | 20:00–22:00 
Trump, an Angry Neighbour: A Tumultuous First Year of US–Latin America Relations

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Speakers: Prof. Javier Corrales (Amherst College, USA),

Prof. dr. Barbara Hogenboom (CEDLA, University of Amsterdam) Dr. Julienne Weegels (CEDLA, University of Amsterdam)

Carlos Dada (El Faro)

One year into Donald Trump’s second presidency, the United States policies and actions towards Latin America and the Caribbean have caused dramatic social, political and economic effects. Although not completely unprecedented, the current US attitude and various types of attacks on the region and towards latinos in the US is profoundly changing US-LAC relations. And as this is only year one of Trump 2.0, what we see might be the start of something even bigger and more lasting.

 

These developments beg for an academic analysis of the nature, causes, direction and implications of Trump's presidency for latinos and the LAC region. Do we see a new type of US imperialism, or rather a return to the past? Will LAC countries become increasingly divided, or are there signs of them pulling together? How are LAC politics affected? What is happening with latinos who are still in the US, and with those who are deported? How are LAC societies and organizations reacting? What cultural reactions and shifts can be observed?  And what effect do we see or expect for LAC’s environment and for its economic and social development?

 

There are many pressing question but answering them is not easy, as the changes are new, partly obscured and ongoing. For this academic workshop we invite scholars of all generations (graduate students as well as junior and senior researchers) from all disciplines to join us for an early assessment of the changes in the field of their expertise. 

 

You can register for the event as an auditor or as a presenter in one of the roundtables if you're currently doing research around these issues, or if you see ways in which they are impacting the groups you're working with. If you'd like to present, please send us the title and a 150 word abstract of your 7-minute roundtable presentation by 7 January 2025. We will communicate the selected list of presenters soon after.

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The event is public and you can register as an auditor here. Please find the full program below. 

ONE YEAR OF TRUMP 2.0: IMPLICATIONS FOR LATIN AMERICA
Tuesday 27 January, 13.00-17.30 |  University of Amsterdam
Oudemanhuispoort building, lecture hall D0.09
 

WORKSHOP PROGRAM

13.00 OPENING & INTRODUCTION

13.15 ROUNDTABLE 1


RAMPING UP INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE: TRUMP AS MONROE 2.0
Chair: Prof. Dr. Barbara Hogenboom, UvA-CEDLA
Discussant: Prof. Dr. Javier Corrales, Amherst College
 

  • Toward a Multipolar World Order: The Reassertion of Regional Hegemony and a Renewed Monroe Doctrine |  Dr. Giacomo Finzi CRIDIS, Université Catholique de Louvain

  • Trump 2.0 and the Reconfiguration of US Imperialism in the LAC Region |  Vanessa Koetz, Queen's University (Canada) & UvA

  • Trumpism 2.0 and the Far Right in Latin America |  Daniela Blanca Rezago, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)

  • Arm-wrestling in the Americas: Brazil's sovereignty claims and the limits of trumpist geo-bullying  |   Prof. Dr. Kees Koonings CEDLA, UvA-CEDLA & Utrecht University

  • Venezuela at a Crossroads: What Comes After Maduro |  Dr. Eva van Roeke, Vrije Universiteit - Anthropology & Edwin Koopman, NPO1/Trouw

 
14.25  COFFEE BREAK     
 
14.45  ROUNDTABLE 2   
Renewed security alliances and the war on drugs
Chair: Dr. Fabio de Castro, UvA-CEDLA
Discussant: Prof. Dr. Kees Koonings, CEDLA & Utrecht University

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  • Trump as cartel boss  |  Dr. Abbey Steele, UvA - Political science

  • Drugs, Migrants, Dollars: Mexico-US relations under pressure |  Prof. Dr. Wil G. Pansters, Utrecht University - Anthropology

  • The making of the Bukele-Trump alliance |  Dr. Chris van der Borgh, Utrecht University - Conflict studies

  • Trump's Caribbean: What kind of engagement? |  Prof. Dr. Michiel Baud, UvA-CEDLA

  • US pressure, a deteriorating security situation and an opinionated president: How is 2026 looking for Colombia? |  Dr. Håvar Solheim, Leiden University - History

 
15.55  COFFEE BREAK 
 
16.15   ROUNDTABLE 3

Everyday implications of Trump’s administration for climate and communitie
​Chair: Prof. Dr. Wil Pansters, Utrecht University

Discussant: Dr. Julienne Weegels, UvA-CEDLA

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  • Climate Justice in Latin America under Trump |  Dr. Fabio de Castro, UvA-CEDL

  • How Trump Reprimarizes Mineral Production in Latin America: The Case of Aluminium | 
    Dr. Simon Lobach, University of Vienna

  • Living Under Trump 2.0: The Everyday Impacts of U.S. Migration Policies on Cubans Across the Florida Strait |  Vikki Oriane de Jong, KU Leuven - Anthropology

  • New solidarities: communities resisting ICE raids in the era of Trump 2.0 |  Anne M. Martínez, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen - American Studies

  • Notes on Happiness |  Dr. Nicolás Rodríguez Idarraga, UvA-CEDLA

 
17.25  CLOSING, FOLLOWED BY DRINKS & NETWORKING (UNTIL 18.30)

 
Our public evening event at De Balie starts at 20.00. Tickets can be purchased here.

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