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Individual-Level Determinants of Anti-Americanism in Contemporary Latin America

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 September 2022

Dinorah Azpuru  and
Dexter Boniface
Dinorah Azpuru
Affiliation:
Wichita State University
Dexter Boniface
Affiliation:
Rollins College
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Abstract

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This article examines the breadth and depth of anti-Americanism in contemporary Latin America. Using individual-level data from 2012, we employ regression analysis to understand why some Latin American citizens are more likely than others to distrust the government of the United States. By examining the attitudes of citizens of countries that are part of different groupings—such as the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas and the Pacific Alliance—we find great variation in the levels and predictors of anti-Americanism. While citizens' ideology is a common predictor in most countries, other variables such as the receipt of remittances, the perception of insecurity, and nationalism appear as predictors in only some. Furthermore, although there is a positive correlation between presidential approval and anti-Americanism in countries where leaders have an overtly anti-American discourse, this relationship disappears in countries where the president is perceived as neutral, and it is inverse in countries where the president is perceived as pro-American.

Resumen

Resumen

Este artículo explora la magnitud y la profundidad del anti-norte-americanismo en la América Latina contemporánea. Utilizando datos de una encuesta en 2012 y a través de varios modelos de regresión, se busca entender por qué algunos ciudadanos latinoamericanos son más proclives que otros a desconfiar del gobierno de Estados Unidos. Al analizar las actitudes de ciudadanos que de países que son parte de algunos grupos específicos —como ALBA y la Alianza del Pacífico— encontramos que existe gran variación en los niveles de anti-norteamericanismo, así como en los predictores del mismo. Si bien la ideología de los ciudadanos es un predictor común en la mayor parte de países, otras variables tales como el recibir remesas del exterior, la percepción de inseguridad, o el nacionalismo, sólo aparecen como predictores en algunos países. Aún más, mientras que existe una correlación positiva entre la aprobación al presidente del país del encuestado y el anti-americanismo en países cuyos líderes tienen un discurso abiertamente anti-norteamericano, dicha relación desaparece en países en los cuales el presidente es visto como alguien neutral, y se vuelve inversa en los países en donde el presidente es considerado pro-norteamericano.

Type
Research Article
Information
Latin American Research Review , Volume 50 , Issue 3 , 2015 , pp. 111 - 134
Copyright
Copyright © 2015 by the Latin American Studies Association

Footnotes

The authors wish to thank the Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) and its major supporters (the United States Agency for International Development, the Inter-American Development Bank, and Vanderbilt University) for making the data available. We also thank Mary Malone, Carolyn Shaw, and the anonymous LARR reviewers for their comments on an earlier version of this article.

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