Trump's 'America First' Presidency Sparks Uncertainty Across LatAm Huaxia - Xinhua
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Trump Inauguration Sparks Worldwide Protests in Response to New President (Global TV)

Newly-inaugurated U.S. President Donald Trump and his hard-to-pin-down policies have generated disquiet and uncertainty among officials and political observers throughout Latin America.

In Mexico, a neighboring country where 80 percent of exports are destined for the U.S. market, many are perplexed by Trump's isolationist and protectionist proposals, including building a wall along the border and threatening to impose heavy tariffs on American manufacturers that produce in Mexico and sell homeward.

Underscoring just how unpopular Trump is south of the border, at a panel discussion hosted by the Americas Society/Council of the Americas last September, Mexican Economic Minister Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal referred to the then presidential candidate as "the devil."

"If we have to talk to the devil to guarantee the safety and the future of the Mexican people in Mexico and the U.S., we will talk to the devil," Villarreal said.

But most observers here held the belief that Trump's bark is worse than his bite.

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