Burying 200 Years of the Monroe Doctrine

EPISODE: Burying 200 Years of The Monroe
Doctrine


GUEST: Carlos Ron, Venezuela Vice Minister
of Foreign Relations for North America


BACKGROUND:


The Monroe Doctrine, first articulated by U.S. President James
Monroe on December 2, 1823, is a United States foreign policy
position that opposes European colonialism in the Western
Hemisphere. It holds that any intervention in the political
affairs of the Americas by foreign powers is a potentially
hostile act against the United States. The doctrine was central
to American foreign policy for much of the 19th and early 20th
centuries. The doctrine remains in place today as a pillar
of U.S. foreign policy towards Latin America & the Caribbean
and no longer exclusively applies to European powers.


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Latin America Policy Forum: Burying 200 Years of the U.S.
Monroe Doctrine


Simon Bolivar Institute


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