What is the Monroe Doctrine, and why does Trump want to ‘confirm’ it? – National
One of the top pillars of US National Security President Donald Trump Trump’s plan to renew a more than 200-year-old policy statement is known as the Monroe Doctrine.
“After years of neglect, the United States will once again press the Monroe Doctrine to restore the evolution of the American Hemisphere, and to protect our country’s geography throughout the region,” the strategic document revealed.
The document goes on to posit “Trump’s ‘comollary’ to the Monroe Doctrine” which prioritizes US-led cooperative efforts to combat mass immigration, drug trafficking and the ownership of valuable assets. “
The strategy marks the recent emergence of the Monroe Doctrine, which was held as an argument for peace and non-intervention or the preparation or justification of American imperialism – depending on whether they are American representatives – depending on whether they are under American presidents.
The effects of the doctrine were felt especially in Latin America, where Trump is currently looking for good strategies – from the Army near Venezuela to Financia Aid for Argentina – To destroy financial influence.
Here’s what you need to know about the Monroe Doctrine and how it has evolved over the years.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
US President James Monroe passed what is known as the Monroe Doctrine during the state of the freedom movement to the convention in 1823.
The document, established by his Secretary of State John Quincy Adams, asserted that those countries in the western hemisphere – identified in the north and the continents of North America – “can now be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European power.”
At that time, the Latin American nations of Zama were establishing their independence from Spain, and accepted Monroe’s statement as an emphasis on their independence.
Nevertheless, Monroe made it clear that he wanted to see the United States as the new dominant power over the hemisphere, asserting that “any European power” will be considered a threat to America “.
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This part of Monroe’s speech would not be formalized as the Monroe Doctrine until the late 1800s, when the US was determined as a world power capable of exerting its influence through the military. It was then that he was first considered the head of US foreign policy.
In 1904, US President Theodore Roosevelt issued what is known as the “Roosevelt Rorollary” to the Monroe Doctrine, which had the cover of “international police” to keep Western Hemisphere nations “stable, orderly and prosperous.”
Roosevelt issued his Corollary to ensure the US, not Europe, could intervene if necessary and “reluctantly” keep the Latin American countries financially solvent.
However, it was later used to explain the intervention in youth and many activities in Central American and Caribbean nations at the beginning of the 20th century, in what are known as banana wars.
At the same time, Canadian politicians including Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier were suggesting that the Monroe Doctrine would protect Canada from foreign attacks because the US would be able to defend itself.
How did the doctrine evolve?
US President Franklin D. Roosevelt effectively ended the intervention in Latin America with the good neighbor policy of 1934, which sought to revive the calling and economic cooperation in the region.
However, the cold war saw the end of that approach and the re-emergence of the monsroe doctrine as a basis for anti-communism and increasing hegemony in the western hemisphere.
That, led to a series of operations by the US-backed regime in Central and South America, including the 1954 Coup in Guatemala that was carried out with the support of the CIA. The doctrine has also been used to justify support for right wing dictators such as the Pinochet regime in Chile.
In 1962, US President John F. Kennedy directly pointed to the Monroe Doctrine in a press conference to explain why the US wanted to ‘divide the intelligence in Cuba of Cuba that year.
The Monroe doctrine was also requested by CIA director Robert Gates when from the US, with funds from the distribution of Iranian weapons, he began to eliminate the Socinista Government.
In 2013, the 2013 Secretary of State John Kerry announced during a speech in the United States that “the era of federalism is over,” which was seen as another change in the warm agreement with Latin America.
But Kerry also warned at this time that we should continue to pay attention to what is happening in America “behind.”
Why does Trump want to return?
Trump who wants to “confirm and enforce the Monroe Doctrine” is further proof that “America first” is his approach to foreign policy, experts and members of his administration.
“The previous administration reinforced the belief that the nuclear doctrine was out of date. They were wrong,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a speech on Saturday.
“The Monroe Doctrine is more active and stronger than ever under Trump’s corollary, the general thought of the restoration of our power and prerogatives in this hemisphere’s desire to be with us.”
This tactic is most evident in the US military drug boats suspected of being transported to the Sea of Drugs since September, which has killed almost 90 people so far, and the construction of US military forces near Venezuela.
Max Cameron, a professor of political science at the University of British Columbia who studies Latin America, to the Department of Monroe, for Americans who return from the Caribbean like American Lake they know and do what they listen to. “
Some have noted Trump’s recent announcement of US $ 20-billion in Argentina, and His support for the Wing-Wing Moderist of the country’s President Javier Milei, as another sign of the Monroe doctrine at work.
Alejandro Garcia Magos, a student of political science at the University of Toronto, said that the coalition of “Modelioning” could face the regional influence of the Brazilian leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
“It is an opportunity for Trump to have a strong friend and ally in a region where 25 years ago it was difficult for America to have strong interests.
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