The ambassador said that the United States is intimidating the countries of Latin America because of Russia

The United States is trying to intimidate Latin American countries that are not joining the anti-Russian sanctions campaign, said Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov. His comment was published in the TELEGRAM of the diplomatic mission.

Thus, the diplomat reacted to the statement by US Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Brian Nichols that Washington expects Latin American countries to "respect" the sanctions imposed on RUSSIA.

“The purpose of such statements is prosaic: to intimidate their partners with threats of secondary restrictions as punishment for not joining the anti-Russian campaign,” the diplomat said. The Washington Post wrote about the possibility of introducing similar restrictions on third parties in other countries at the end of March.

According to Antonov, the US State Department "is growing irritated with the independent position of Latin American states" regarding the issue of sanctions and the situation in Ukraine. At the same time, the ambassador noted, the United States is indifferent to the fact that the accession of Latin American countries to restrictions on Russia will bring "obvious harm to the economic development of the countries of the region, their food security and social stability."

The ambassador accused the United States of trying to embroil Moscow with Latin America Politics

On April 6, the Russian Foreign Ministry noted that the Latin American states “are under powerful pressure from the collective West, which uses the entire arsenal of means for this, and political influence, and economic promises, and blackmail” in order to prevent the development of cooperation between these countries and Russia.

The countries of South America have not joined the sanctions against Russia. Some of the states have publicly announced their condemnation of the imposed restrictions. For example, Brazilian Foreign Minister Carlos França on March 26 called these measures "illegal" and infringing on the interests of some countries. However, at the same time, Chile and Argentina suspended the supply of lithium raw materials to Russia, which is necessary for the technological development of many industries.

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