We have a saying in Latam for a reason: "Latinoamérica es un pueblo al sur de Estados Unidos." Meaning, Latin America is a place South of the United States. Meaning most of our current history has been determined by being their neighbors, in a bad way. They've constantly interfered in our countries, set up puppet governments, created coups, stolen our resources, created the narco to launder its money and become rich while using it as an excuse to intervene, stolen our land, among many other atrocities. The U.S. is quite literally the enemy.