Coming from the country with possibly the most unfair election sytem in the world, that regularly entreats with absolute monarchies and genuine autocrats the world around, and holds conferences with Somoza's heirs as part of their electoral campaigns, this statement couldn't possibly be more hollow. Low hanging fruit, but if the Ortegas were "just as bad" as the Somozas, the US would be giving the Ortega government millions of dollars in funds and weapons to kill political opponents
Nothing to worry about coming after Latin America, we already are. Look at the plan they put out for Guatemala to stop immigration. They're using US law enforcement and courts to root out "corruption" (ie anyone the US doesn't like). They're alsol literally giving money to a Brazilian company to grow bananas, you couldn't put this shit in a movie or people would call it too on-the nose.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/06/07/fact-sheet-u-s-guatemala-cooperation/
Bolivia/Chile are obviously going to be necessary USA colonies for rare Earth minerals, especially given the inroads China already made in Africa.