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Latin Times
Latin Times
Politics
Pedro Camacho

Latin American Presidents Are Spending Millions To Lobby Trump, U.S. Government Records Reveal

President Trump and El Salvador president Nayib Bukele (Credit: Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Latin American leaders have spent millions of dollars hiring top Washington lobbyists to gain influence with the Trump administration, according to a joint investigation by The Guardian and the Quincy Institute.

Public disclosures under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) show that at least 10 Latin American and Caribbean governments have registered senior officials or diplomatic envoys as foreign principals since Donald Trump's re-election campaign began in 2024.

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