Social and political reasons for the dissemination of “cancel culture” in the rhetoric of Latin American media

Introduction. Under recent political conflicts the research into manipulative media strategies is becoming urgent because they may reflect the attempts of informal control and influence in international relation complementing formal measures adopted by the states. The existing research concentrates on the cases of cancel culture displayed by the collective West because this phenomenon evolved there. The novelty of this article is the focus on Latin America. The latter is a rather homogenous and definitely localized Spanish-speaking region which makes it possible to research into the usage of specific linguistic methods in local social and political discourse. The research aim is to identify the specific features of politics and rhetoric in Latin American countries towards Russia under the large-scale anti-Russian sanctions since 2022.