US EditionFO° Talks: The Donroe Doctrine: Will Trump Go After Mexico, Colombia and Brazil?
The US aims to block China’s control of $302 billion in regional infrastructure financing to curb Beijing’s dual-use assets and political influence in Latin America.
- Washington's new posture, the `Donroe doctrine`, was advanced after the U.S. national security strategy pledged to deny non‑Hemispheric competitors control of strategically vital assets.
- A surprise capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro earlier this month signaled the administration's broader targeting of China and dual‑use infrastructure across Latin America and the Caribbean.
- Thursday, Panama's Supreme Court annulled port contracts held by a Hong Kong‑linked port operator, and the Panamanian government exited China's Belt and Road Initiative under pressure.
- Washington is weighing coercive tools such as force, tariffs, and sanctions while tripling Development Finance Corporation funds and extending emergency credit lines to counter Chinese banks amid $10 billion Venezuelan debt risks.
- Regional hedging behavior could grow as China may recalibrate operations to focus on development sectors rather than retreat, while US policy of securitizing infrastructure raises political costs for Beijing's engagement.
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FO° Talks: The Donroe Doctrine: Will Trump Go After Mexico, Colombia and Brazil?
Fair Observer’s Video Producer Rohan Khattar Singh speaks with Joseph Bouchard, a journalist and researcher on Latin American politics, about the US military operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, and what it reveals about Washington’s evolving strategy in Latin America. Bouchard argues the raid marks a sharper, more overt US intervention model there, one tied to energy, resources and strategic co…
As the dust faded around the capture of Venezuela's overthrown president, Nicolás Maduro, in a surprise military attack earlier this month, U.S. officials left little doubt that they also had another...
China has spent decades making inroads in Latin America. Will the ‘Donroe doctrine’ push it out?
As the dust cleared around the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in a surprise military strike earlier this month, US officials left little question that they had another target too: China.
In Latin America, China has expanded its economic presence in the world – and how it benefits from the US's withdrawal. According to an expert, Donald Trump's intervention in Venezuela is "the desperate attempt to return."
In recent months, U.S. foreign policy has again placed Hispano-America at the centre of its geopolitical strategy. A term that has circulated in some media and analysis—the so-called “Doctrina Donroe”—represents the contemporary reinterpretation of the historic Monroe Doctrine, formally adopted by President Donald Trump’s administration. This reinterpretation seeks to legitimize a more aggressive policy towards countries such as Cuba, Venezuela …
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