Monroe Doctrine

Silent Sanctions Weapon Used Against Venezuela Elections

July 25, 2024 UNAC Editor Democracy and Consent, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy, Venezuela

by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, July 22, 2024 Flounders, a coordinator of the SanctionsKill Campaign, will moderate the July 23 webinar described at the end of this article. The upcoming elections in Venezuela, scheduled for July 28, are in the crosshairs of another attempted U.S.-orchestrated regime change operation. U.S. politicians have already intentionally created years of economic hardship[…]

45 Years After Its Revolution, Nicaragua Offers the World a Better Way Forward

July 25, 2024 UNAC Editor Global Alliances, Monroe Doctrine, Neocolonialism, Nicaragua, Revolution, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Gloria Giullo, published on CovertAction Magazine, July 23, 2024 Despite Continued U.S. Destabilization Efforts, Egalitarian and Just Principles Flourish On July 19th, the people of Nicaragua and more than 700 international guests and official delegations from nations around the world celebrated the 45th anniversary of its revolution against the United States-installed puppet dictator, Anastasio Somoza, and the re-assertion of[…]

US Congressional Resolution Calls for Annulling the Monroe Doctrine and Ending Sanctions

January 27, 2024 UNAC Editor Corporatism, Latin America, Monroe Doctrine, US Foreign Policy

by Roger D. Harris, published on Popular Resistance, January 18, 2024 Now, 200 years after President James Monroe first promulgated his dictate giving the Yankees dominion of the rest of the hemisphere, a congressional resolution calls for annulling the Monroe Doctrine and replacing it with a “new good neighbor” policy. The intent is to “foster improved relations and deeper, more effective cooperation”[…]

New Mood In The World Will Put An End To The Global Monroe Doctrine

November 29, 2023 UNAC Editor Action!!, Imperialism, Latin America, Monroe Doctrine, Organizing, Palestine, Resistance, Revolution

by Vijay Prashad, produced by Tricontinental, November 24, 2023 Every day since 7 October has felt like an International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, with hundreds of thousands gathering in Istanbul, a million in Jakarta, and then yet another million across Africa and Latin America to demand an end to the brutal attack being carried out by Israel (with the collusion of the[…]

The Global Monroe Doctrine

September 10, 2023 UNAC Editor Action!!, Anti-Imperialism, Anti-War, Democracy and Consent, Resistance, US Foreign Bases

by David Swanson, published in World Beyond War, September 9, 2023 Remarks for second session of Kateri Peace Conference, September 9, 2023 Two hundred years ago this coming December, a local boy from my town gave a speech. In the years that followed pundits and politicians took an excerpt of that speech, carved it in marble, lit it with eternal[…]

Latin America and Caribbean, Year 2022 in Review – Challenges for a Pink Tide Surging Over a Volatile US Hegemony

January 20, 2023 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Argentina, Colonialism, coup, Democracy and Consent, International Aid and Debt, Lawfare, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Roger D. Harris, published on NicaNotes, January 12, 2023 2023 marks the 200th anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine. This imperial fiat arrogates to the US the unilateral authority to intervene in the affairs of sovereign states in the Western Hemisphere and to exclude any other power from meddling in what is viewed as Washington’s backyard. Two centuries later, the[…]

The Pink Tide Surges in Latin America

July 19, 2022 UNAC Editor Latin America, Regional Solutions, Socialism, South America

by Roger D. Harris, published on Resumen English, July 13, 2022 While the political balance between progressive and reactionary states south of the Rio Grande continues to tip to the left, even the corporate press pronounced Biden’s June Summit of the Americas meeting in Los Angeles a flop. Most recently, Colombia elected its first left-leaning president, following similar victories in[…]

ALBA and Nicaragua – Defending Solidarity in a Divided World

June 7, 2022 UNAC Editor Imperialism, Nicaragua

by Stephen Sefton, published on Tortilla Con Sal, June 5, 2022 Reading through you can find a good counter-position of imperialism vs anti-imperialism. [jb] Controversy has dogged this June’s United States government organized Summit of the Americas. Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela had already abandoned the OAS, seriously damaging the credibility of the Organization of American States as a trustworthy hemispheric[…]

Washington Watches as China and Latin America Deepen Their Ties

April 8, 2022 UNAC Editor Caribbean, China, Latin America

by Marco Fernandes, produced by Globetrotter, April 6, 2022 Less than a week after the start of Russia’s military intervention, Juan Sebastian Gonzalez, senior director of Western Hemisphere affairs at the U.S. National Security Council, in an interview with Voice of America (a State Department asset), stated that “the sanctions against Russia are so robust that they will have an[…]

21st Century US Coups and Attempted Coups in Latin America (so far)

January 10, 2022 UNAC Editor Counter Revolution, Hybrid Warfare, Imperial Wars, Latin America, Lawfare

by Stansfield Smith, published on Dissident Voice, January 6, 2022 During the 21st century, the US, working with corporate elites, traditional oligarchies, military, and corporate media, has continually attempted coups against Latin American governments which place the needs of their people over US corporate interests. US organized coups in Latin American countries is hardly a 20th century phenomenon. However, this[…]