2013年，拉美国家对美态度差异性加大，但美拉关系的基本性质没有改变。区域一体化进程缺少核心“发动机”，“碎片化”特征更为明显。拉美对外交往更加务实，经济、安全两大因素在其对外交往中的重要性更加凸显，多边合作成为拉美各国实现其政策目标的主要平台。俄罗斯、欧盟、中国、日本等区域外大国谋求加大在拉美的存在。部分国家政局走向、不同国家对外政策差异性和美国因素将影响未来拉美对外关系。
Latin American countries reacted differently over the Snowden issue reflecting their different policies towards the United States. Regional countries like Bolivia，Ecuador，Nicaragua and Venezuela are strongly critical of the United States and usually take a hard line handling their relations with it. The Obama government announced the end of the Monroe Doctrine，representing that it wants to influence the region through soft power instead of resorting to hard power. The recent integration process in the region was featured by fragmentation. The Pacific Alliance gained rapid development while the Southern Common Market fell into stagnation. Russia，Japan and the EU were increasing their presence in the region.
