橙色转向：拉美政治的个人化交易时代
拉丁美洲正处于一个前所未有的政治时刻，分析师 James Bosworth 将其描述为橙色转向（Orange Shift：指代与特朗普风格高度一致的右翼转向）。这一转向的核心标志是美国对委内瑞拉政策的剧变：通过与德尔西·罗德里格斯（Delcy Rodriguez：委内瑞拉副总统，被视为务实的权力中间人）达成交易，美国绕过了传统的民主化叙事，转而追求一种纯粹的交易型合作。在这种模式下，委内瑞拉的石油由美国公司销售，资金由美国账户托管，这种关系被 Bosworth 戏称为“殖民主义的回响”。这不仅展示了特朗普政府如何通过“人对人”而非“国对国”的关系来实施外交，也为该地区其他领导人树立了一个标杆：只要愿意配合美国的战略重点（如打击毒枭或提供能源），任何政权都可以与白宫达成协议。
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Trump found a sort of political partner he can work with in the form of Deli Rodriguez in Venezuela. He seemed to enjoy getting access to a lot of oil from Venezuela. And I guess the thinking is perhaps he tried to repeat that in Iran. This idea that's like, okay, remove Maduro and here is someone who was part of the government. It's like, okay, you know what? We're going to be friends with the Americans now. We're going to play ball.
The US now controls Venezuela's oil is a call back to colonialism in some ways. It's a shocking development. And so, she is aligned because she's going along with this scheme and it's benefiting her. Deli Rodriguez has shown the benefits of cutting a deal with Trump and also what the costs are if you defy him. Everyone having seen that is now going to move forward understanding that and trying to cut new deals with Trump. It's a person-to-person relationship, not a state-to-state relationship.
安全民粹主义的崛起：布克尔模式的诱惑与局限
在拉美政坛，萨尔瓦多模式（Bukeleism：以强硬手段打击犯罪为核心的统治模式）正成为各国领导人竞相效仿的对象。萨尔瓦多总统纳伊布·布克尔（Nayib Bukele）通过逮捕全国 2% 的成年人口，成功在短期内大幅改善了治安，这使他在现代民主国家中获得了罕见的、超过 70% 的支持率。这种安全民粹主义（Security Populism）在厄瓜多尔、哥斯达黎加等地均有回响。然而，Bosworth 警告称，这种模式存在致命弱点：它依赖于破坏法治和黑箱交易，而非制度化的司法体系。因此，尽管治安好转，外国直接投资（FDI）却并未随之而来。资本市场并不信任一个可以随意撕毁合同或跨越法律边界的“强人”。
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Lots of leaders wish they were Naib Boulli because every leader wishes they had 60 or 70% popularity. A lot of political leaders have looked towards Boulli and Boulli security populism as a model. It has succeeded as a campaign message in Ecuador and Costa Rica. But El Salvador is tiny. It's hard to replicate what Boulli did.
While it works as a campaign strategy elsewhere, it has not worked in terms of a security strategy wherever it's been implemented. The security is fixed under Boulli, and investment is not flowing. Part of it is that Boulli did this via corrupt deals and a Monoduro policy. He hasn't done this via rule of law. If a leader can arrest 2% of their adult population, they also don't have to follow the contracts that they sign. And private businesses just don't trust Boule to be a good leader as a place they should invest.
巴西的韧性与特朗普冲击波
与拉美大部分地区的波动不同，巴西在卢拉（Lula da Silva）治下表现出了意外的经济韧性，其痛苦指数（Misery Index：失业率与通胀率之和）处于 20 年来的低点。尽管巴西金融市场一直对这位左翼领导人抱有偏见，但卢拉通过务实的宏观管理再次超越了市场预期。然而，巴西正成为特朗普政府极限施压的新目标。美国对巴西发起的301 调查（Section 301 Investigation）瞄准了巴西引以为傲的即时支付系统 Pix（由巴西央行运营，覆盖 93% 的国民）。Bosworth 指出，这种对拉美创新金融基础设施的攻击，可能会引发一种“反特朗普效应”（Anti-Trump Bump），促使选民在民族主义情绪下更紧密地团结在卢拉周围。
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The Brazilian misery index is basically like at the lowest in over 20 years. Inflation seems very mild and the labor market is very solid. Brazilian markets have done very well under Lula and he has defied expectations every time. And yet the Brazilian markets hate Lula Dilva and they are convinced that he is the one who is going to take down their government.
The Trump administration is targeting Brazil's financial sector. There's a section 301 investigation on Pix, which is one of the most innovative financial transfer systems in the world. 93% of Brazilians use Pix. If Trump hurts Brazil's economy by attacking Pix, that will play well for Lula and that could be a benefit for his election. Brazil is the one country where you may see an anti-Trump bump because the way that Trump is attacking Brazil's economy.
中国在拉美：加速重演历史性错误
中国已成为大多数拉美国家的第一大贸易伙伴，但这种关系正陷入一种典型的大宗商品陷阱（Commodity Trap）。中国从拉美采购大豆、猪肉和矿产，同时向拉美倾销廉价制成品。Bosworth 尖锐地指出，中国正通过极速复刻（Speedrunning）此前西班牙殖民者和 20 世纪美国在拉美犯下的错误：只关注资源榨取，而缺乏真正的技术转移或技能培训。尽管智利等国渴望出口高技术产品，但中国的贸易结构实际上阻碍了拉美向价值链上游移动。此外，中国在厄瓜多尔等地的基础设施投资（如裂缝密布的水坝）也暴露出质量与透明度问题。
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China is the number one trade partner for most of Latin America. But China buys Latin American commodities. They buy soy and iron. China pushes back cheaps that undermine any effort by Latin America to move up the value chain. In many ways, China is just speedrunning all of the errors that Spain and the United States made across a few decades.
Latin America definitely sees the negative impacts of Chinese investment. When they've gone and done infrastructure investment, there have been failures—the dam they built in Ecuador is full of cracks. When they invest in construction projects, they bring their own people in, so it doesn't provide as many jobs. We should want a level playing field so that Chinese companies can't bribe their way into public contracts.
预测未来：古巴的变局与阿根廷的钟摆
作为一名经过认证的超级预测员（Superforecaster），Bosworth 对拉美未来的两个关键节点给出了判断。首先，他预测未来 12 个月内古巴与特朗普政府达成类似“委内瑞拉式交易”的可能性高达 70-80%。长期失去苏联和委内瑞拉资助的古巴政权，为了生存，极有可能选择向美国“求救”以换取制裁解除。其次，关于阿根廷的米莱（Javier Milei）实验，Bosworth 认为这仍是一个脆弱的“钟摆过程”。尽管米莱将通胀从 200% 降至 35%，但这依然是一个疯狂的数字。阿根廷面临的真正威胁是庇隆主义者（Peronists）的回归预期——这种政治恐惧会直接摧毁投资者的信心。阿根廷若不能建立跨党派的可持续经济议程，将永远困在“繁荣-崩溃”的轮回中。
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Odds that Cuba finds itself aligned with the Trump administration are close to 70 to 80% within the next 12 months. Cuba has always had a patron—the Soviet Union, then Venezuela. All of a sudden, the US is going to be the savior for Cuba from US sanctions. Trump is using US sanctions as a coercive tool to force Cuba to cut a deal.
Milei is being graded on a curve. Inflation's down to 35%, but 35% inflation is insane. Argentina needs a sustainable economic agenda that crosses political parties. As soon as the Tinkerbell effect stops and people stop clapping and think that the Peronists might come back to power, Argentina's economy will crash. We are in the boom part of a boom-bust cycle right now, but nobody should mistake that for not being part of within that boom-bust cycle.