Decolonization, Multipolarity and the Demise of the Monroe Doctrine

EPISODE: Decolonization, Multipolarity & the Demise of the
Monroe Doctrine 


GUEST: Frederick Mills, professor of philosophy at Bowie State
University and Deputy Director of the Council on Hemispheric
Affairs. He researches and writes on ethics, philosophy, U.S.
--Latin America relations and has recently published a book,
Enrique Dussel's Ethics of Liberation: An Introduction.


BACKGROUND:


December 3, 2023 will mark the 200th anniversary of the Monroe
Doctrine. It will also mark its obsolescence in the face of
popular resistance and the Pink Tide of progressive governments
in Latin America that have been elected over the past two and a
half decades. The prevailing ideology of these left and left of
center movements rejects the “Washington Consensus” and opts for
a new consensus based on the decolonization of the political,
economic, social and cultural spheres. This consensus is
accompanied by encounters and conferences that advance liberatory
traditions developed since the 1960’s as well as those deeply
rooted in indigenous cultures. It is Washington’s failure to
respect and adjust to this political and ideological process of
transformation that precludes, at this time, a constructive and
cooperative U.S. foreign policy towards the region.


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