The Monroe Doctrine is dead

By Bill Longstaff April 18, 2012 #cuba, #Latin America, #Monroe Doctrine, #South America, #trade, #United States, #war on drugs

A new age has dawned in the Americas. The Monroe Doctrine, a policy established by the United States ostensibly to keep European imperialists out of the Western Hemisphere but which eventually deteriorated into an instrument to maintain American dominance, is now effectively deceased. At the recent Summit of the Americas, the Latin nations couldn’t have made it clearer that they intend to be