A Play Revives Obama-Era Diplomacy
Julissa Reynoso’s autobiographical drama, Public Charge, provides stark contrasts with Latin America policy under Trump 2.0.
Since returning to the White House in 2025, Donald Trump has pushed a muscular foreign policy that has broken with long-standing conventions and taken risky actions to reassert Washington’s role in Latin America. From capturing former Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro to negotiating directly with the Castros in Cuba, Trump 2.0 has made it clear: The old rule book has been thrown away. Amid today’s big-stick diplomacy, the new play Public Charge—showing at Manhattan’s Newman Theater until April 12—rekindles a different approach to U.S. foreign policy through the eyes of...
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