CNN
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Heads of state in Latin America and the Caribbean have long complained that the region is treated as an after-thought by most US administrations.
But now that the Western Hemisphere is under the microscope from the Trump administration from everything from migration to drug smuggling to human trafficking, those same leaders may be missing the old days of relative benign neglect.
US administration officials have taken to referring to the Caribbean as the US’ “third border,” another red line where the flow of drugs, illegal migration and China’s growing influence need to be countered.
“When President Donald Trump came into office,…
