President Donald Trump is delivering increasingly robust U.S. policies against drug cartels and hostile regimes in Latin America. He has little concern for the escalating complaints of European allies ...

This story was originally published on Truthout on Dec. 10, 2025. It is shared here under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license. On Wednesday, December 10, Donald Trump announced that the ...

The Monroe Doctrine was once a core tenet of US foreign policy. US President Donald Trump has brought it back with a new ...

President Donald Trump departs after speaking during a House Republican retreat at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., on January 06, 2026. Credit - Alex Wong—Getty ...

A massive military buildup in the Caribbean has sparked speculation that the U.S. is now engaged in its latest chapter of direct intervention in Latin America. As a scholar of U.S.-Latin American ...

President Kast takes power in Chile. Rafael Lopez Aliaga leads the polling for the upcoming election in Peru. Recent wins pile up, including Costa Rica and Honduras. The political scene of Latin ...

The Trump administration’s assault on Venezuela and attempted manipulation of Colombia’s internal politics are a continuation of an old imperial project, one that has long viewed Latin America as a ...

In detailing the U.S. military action that led to the arrest of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, President Donald Trump referenced the Monroe Doctrine, a maxim that has shaped American foreign policy ...

The share prices of U.S. oil companies surged following the Trump administration’s attack on Venezuela and abduction of its president, Nicolás Maduro. In public statements, Trump has been clear about ...

Critical historians like William Appleman Williams played a key role in highlighting the US’s imperial record in Latin America. Now Donald Trump has cut out the middleman, bluntly stating the US’s ...