{"id":337643,"date":"2026-07-15T12:59:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T16:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?p=337643"},"modified":"2026-07-15T13:01:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T17:01:38","slug":"how-do-views-of-the-u-s-and-china-compare-in-latin-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2026\/07\/15\/how-do-views-of-the-u-s-and-china-compare-in-latin-america\/","title":{"rendered":"How do views of the U.S. and China compare in Latin America?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
About this research<\/summary>\n

This Pew Research Center report looks at how views of the U.S. and China compare around the world, including ratings of their presidents, their respect for personal freedoms, and their approaches to foreign policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why did we do this?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pew Research Center does research to help the public, media and decision-makers understand important topics. This project brings together two topics we regularly study: international views of the U.S.<\/a> and international views of China<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more about Pew Research Center<\/a> and our international surveys<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How did we do this?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We surveyed 42,151 people across 36 countries: Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, the U.K., and the West Bank and East Jerusalem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interviews were conducted from February 8 to May 13, 2026. We designed the surveys so we could talk about the views of the adult population in each country. Here are the survey questions<\/a>\u00a0used for this report, along with responses, and the survey methodology<\/a>.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

A new Pew Research Center survey finds that views of the United States<\/a> have grown more negative over the last year in five of six Latin American countries surveyed. Views of China<\/a>, on the other hand, have mostly held steady. As a result, ratings of the two countries are now fairly close in several places throughout the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. and China have both spent significant resources to exert influence over Latin America. China, for example, is South America\u2019s top trading partner<\/a> and has developed close economic and security ties with countries including Brazil and Peru. President Donald Trump, meanwhile, declared<\/a> at the Shield of Americas summit in March 2026 that the U.S. would \u201cnot allow hostile foreign influence to gain a foothold in this hemisphere,\u201d which prompted a response<\/a> from China\u2019s foreign minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this report, we compare views of the U.S. and China based on a new Pew Research Center survey of 6,132 people in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru. These findings are part of a broader report on how people in 36 countries see the U.S. and China<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Across Latin America, we find that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n