Post-Venezuela’s capture, 7 countries tremble, fearing for their independence and their reserves

Trump’s foreign policy is now openly borrowing from the 1823 Monroe Doctrine, re-packaged as the “Donroe Doctrine” — a doctrine that signals Washington’s intent to dominate the Western Hemisphere not only militarily, but commercially. With Nicolás Maduro dragged out of Caracas, this rebranding suddenly feels operational rather than rhetorical.

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From the Arctic to the Caribbean, governments are suddenly scanning their coastlines, their oil fields and their shipping lanes with fresh anxiety.