U.S. President Donald Trump succeeded today in bringing together Latin American leaders who "share the same priorities" as his political agenda at his so-called Shield of the Americas Summit in Miami.

The event, taking place this Saturday morning at the Republican president's Golf Club in that Florida city, made official this new alliance of countries that fractures the region.

Trump's "Shield of the Americas" represents his alliance with 12 regional leaders aligned with his ideology, marking a further step in this administration's geopolitical vision.

The imperialist policy of the Donroe Doctrine, reflected in the National Security Strategy, is the renewed principle of "America for the Americans" proclaimed over 200 years ago by James Monroe to dominate this part of the world.

According to Trump, the region was abandoned by the United States for many years, which is why he stated they are forming a common shield to promote shared priorities in the hemisphere.

The Republican president insisted on his rhetoric of a region facing serious problems linked to drug trafficking and violence, warning that "most of the drugs enter through Mexico." Until recently, remember, it was Venezuela.

That is why he emphasized his idea of the need to eradicate drug cartels and proposed restoring law and order through a zero-tolerance policy against gangs.

"Those who violate and murder must be removed from society" to guarantee citizen safety, he said.

He maintained that just as they cracked down on terrorism in the Middle East, "we have to do the same to eradicate the cartels" in our hemisphere, and "the United States is going to do whatever is necessary to protect our national security," he pointed out, insisting that law and order will prevail on the continent, as if this part of the geography were an extension of the North American country.

Trump boasted that the tutelary government of Delcy Rodríguez in Venezuela "is doing a great job" and that oil "is starting to flow."

On January 3, Trump ordered a large-scale attack against the South American nation that ended with the kidnapping of its constitutional president, Nicolás Maduro, who along with his wife Cilia Flores, were forcibly extracted and taken to a prison in the United States.

He also boasted of a joint operation against drug trafficking in Ecuador and the war he initiated alongside Israel against Iran.

In the official photo are the presidents of Argentina, Javier Milei; Bolivia, Rodrigo Paz; Costa Rica, Rodrigo Chaves; Ecuador, Daniel Noboa; Dominican Republic, Luis Abinader; El Salvador, Nayib Bukele; Guyana, Mohamed Irfaan Ali; and Honduras, Nasry "Tito" Asfura.

Also Panamanian José Raúl Mulino; Paraguay's Santiago Peña; Trinidad and Tobago's Kamla Persad-Bissesar; and Chile's president-elect, José Antonio Kast.

Left out of the invitation to the Shield feast were Mexico, Colombia, and Brazil.

The U.S. National Security Strategy also specifies as one of its objectives in Latin America to eliminate or reduce China's influence in the region, which is equally evident here.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the meeting participants "are the leaders of these countries who have formed a historic coalition to collaborate and tackle narco-terrorist criminal cartels and mass immigration, not only to the United States but throughout the continent."

Meanwhile, the State Department described the gathering as a moment when "the United States will welcome our best like-minded allies in our hemisphere to promote freedom, security, and prosperity in our region."

The Shield of the Americas Summit served as the perfect pretext for the White House to enter the fray when, due to divisions, the possibility of holding the Summit of the Americas in the Dominican Republic in 2025 failed.