With Donroe Doctrine, Trump Threatens to Export His Brand of Authoritarianism

President Donald Trump’s National Security Strategy (NSS) is the crudest articulation yet of his authoritarian nationalist project. It promises to smash the so-called rules-based international order Washington has superintended since the end of the Cold War. The U.S., of course, repeatedly violated that order’s stated principles, like sovereignty and self-determination, most recently with the…
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Resisting the Empire Next Door, Protests in Mexico Grow

An anti-imperialist movement is building in Mexico, where the U.S. invasion of Venezuela has been seen as an act of intimidation for all of Latin America. Protests are swelling in response to this latest blow after decades of political and economic subjugation by its neighbor to the north. Across the country, larger-than-usual marches on January 3 and 10 condemned the U.S.
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Trump’s Imperial Nostalgia in Latin America Will Come at a High Cost

The Trump administration’s exercise in armed regime change in Venezuela should have come as no surprise. The U.S. naval buildup in the Caribbean and the attacks on defenseless boats off the Venezuelan coast — based on unproven allegations that they contained drug traffickers — had been underway for more than three months. By the end of December 2025, in fact, such strikes on boats near Venezuela…
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Oil Companies Are Key Partners in Trump’s Imperial Plans for Latin America

For months, U.S. President Donald Trump proclaimed that his pressure campaign against the government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, backed by dozens of illegal killings through drone strikes, was about fighting drugs and cartels. But at his press conference after the U.S. abduction of Maduro, Trump couldn’t stop talking about oil. “We’re gonna take back the oil,” Trump brazenly said.
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Trump Tipped Off Oil Companies About Plan to Kidnap Maduro

President Donald Trump on Sunday told reporters that the heads of American oil companies were informed of the U.S. military’s attack on Venezuela — described as “brazenly illegal” by scholars and experts — even before it took place. The admission from Trump, a renowned liar, sparked condemnation because the administration refused to consult with U.S. lawmakers about the operation…
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Trump Invokes Monroe Doctrine as US Attack on Venezuela Signals Wider Threats Across Latin America

President Donald Trump and top administration officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, characterized Saturday’s assault on Venezuela and abduction of the country’s president as a warning shot in the direction of Cuba, Mexico, Colombia, and other Latin American nations. During a Saturday press conference, Trump openly invoked the Monroe Doctrine — an assertion of U.S.
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