'Donroe Doctrine': 'Kidnapping of Maduro Had Nothing to Do with Democracy, Human Rights'

'Donroe Doctrine': 'Kidnapping of Maduro had nothing to do with democracy, human rights'

Brazilian award-winning author and European correspondent Jamil Chade offers deep perspective on Trump's dramatic attack on Venezuela and ensuing abduction of Nicolás Maduro. He argues this has very little to do with democracy or human rights and is more about US strategic interests in Latin America and Venezuela’s vast natural resources. His analysis challenges dominant narratives and evokes a return to the brutal Cold War‑era interventionism i…

The Donroe Times: Redi Tlhabi and Tony Karon on America’s return to gunboat diplomacy

In this episode, Redi Tlhabi is joined by journalist and editor Tony Karon to interrogate what Washington calls a “limited military operation” in Venezuela and what critics have described as a kidnapping of a sovereign president in the name of oil. From the revival of the Monroe Doctrine as a modern-day “Donroe Doctrine”, the idea that all of the Americas fall under US dominion, to the long history of regime change from Iran and Chile to Africa …

Maduro on Trial & Trump's ‘Donroe Doctrine’

From the courtroom to the newsroom, Nicolás Maduro’s trial exposes how U.S. force is laundered through media language and legal theater, reviving an old doctrine of hemispheric control. The trial of Nicolás Maduro has begun. On January 3, the elected president of Venezuela was kidnapped and flown to the U.S. to face drug smuggling charges in a case that is already falling apart. Prosecutors have already admitted that the “Cartel of the Suns” – t…