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The return of the Monroe Doctrine
What chances of a nationalist backlash?
Nationalism and anti-American sentiments have traditionally run high in Latin America and the Caribbean, at least partly in response to the application of the Monroe Doctrine in its most imperialist forms. The response to the armed operation to extract Maduro gives some sense of how the faultlines in regional diplomacy currently lie. As might be expected the authoritarian left-wing governments of Cuba and Nicaragua rejected the incursion. Cuba’s President Miguel Diaz-Canel accused the US of a “criminal attack” and of practising a form of “state terrorism”. Nicaragua condemned the strike and called for Maduro’s immediate release. Broadly speaking the response of many of the other governments has been influenced by their sense of frustration with Maduro who consistently rejected their efforts to reach a political settlement to solve the Venezuelan conflict and whose disastrous policies forced millions of Venezuelans to emigrate, burdening the social programmes of neighbouring countries. In short many were happy to see Maduro’s back, even though they had mixed feelings over the method of his departure.
- The end of an era?
- Is the Monroe Doctrine coming back?
- Boats and tankers under threat
- The big picture; US national security strategy (NSS)
- China maintains LAC focus
- Trump’s use of tariffs
- Latin America swings to the right
- 2026: a year of heightened risk
- What chances of a nationalist backlash?
- Examining the future (1): Mexico
- Examining the future (2): Brazil
- Examining the future (3): Colombia
- Conclusion: the year of uncertainty