The US enters a new era of interventions in Latin America

"In what the White House defines as a Trump corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, already jokingly nicknamed the Donroe Doctrine after Donald, Latin America is seen as a source of some of the United States' most serious problems, and is being pushed to cooperate so that Washington can meet its goals: drastically reducing migration, neutralizing drug cartels and transnational crime, and eliminating the Chinese investments flourishing in the region."

"We want to ensure that the Western Hemisphere remains reasonably stable and well-governed enough to prevent and discourage mass migration to the United States; we want a Hemisphere whose governments cooperate with us against narco-terrorists, cartels, and other transnational criminal organizations; we want a Hemisphere that remains free of hostile foreign incursion or ownership of key assets, and that supports critical supply chains; and we want to ensure our continued access to key strategic locations, states the National Security Strategy."

The Trump administration's National Security Strategy reorients U.S. geopolitical focus toward the Americas, deprioritizing Europe and the Middle East. The strategy revives a Monroe Doctrine approach, applying 19th-century interventionist principles with contemporary Trump-era characteristics. Policy tools include military pressure, economic incentives, and political influence, with an active campaign around Venezuela and instances of electoral interference favoring ideologically aligned actors. Core objectives are drastically reducing migration, dismantling drug cartels and transnational crime, blocking hostile foreign investments—particularly Chinese—and securing continued access to strategic locations and supply chains. A sustained naval deployment in the Caribbean underscores the willingness to use pressure as well as cooperation.

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