Is growing anxiety that the US is losing its positions in Latin America justified?
![Even after the wiretapping scandal of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, Brasilia has demonstrated its interest in resuming normal relations, writes Weeks[AP]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/201494112633466734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Gregory Weeks is Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Is growing anxiety that the US is losing its positions in Latin America justified?
![Even after the wiretapping scandal of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, Brasilia has demonstrated its interest in resuming normal relations, writes Weeks[AP]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/201494112633466734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)