US EditionHow the Monroe Doctrine factors into US arrest of Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro
Trump justified capturing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by labeling Venezuela a 'narco-state' and announced U.S. control during a transitional period, reviving the Monroe Doctrine.
- Last week, a US military operation captured President Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela, fulfilling a long-held hope of Venezuelan opposition supporters.
- The Monroe Doctrine began in 1823 when James Monroe, fifth US president, outlined it in an 1823 address to Congress, and later presidents like Theodore Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy invoked it.
- Framing the move, Trump called it a modern update of the Monroe Doctrine, jokingly naming it the `Donroe Doctrine`, and said the US would `run` Venezuela during a transitional period while officials accused Maduro of running a `narco-state` and stealing American oil, which Maduro denied.
- Now jailed in New York on drug trafficking charges, Maduro denied US allegations, saying Washington aimed to control his oil reserves, while leaders of his administration remain in charge.
- Critics in the US and Latin America called Donald Trump's Venezuela oil control plans `imperialist`, raising political stakes with Congressional midterm elections ten months away.
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What is the Monroe Doctrine that Trump invoked to justify the Maduro raid?
First articulated in 1823, the Monroe Doctrine was largely meant to stave off European colonial influence in the western hemisphere, but modern presidents have used it to justify military intervention in Latin America.
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