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by Jiri Valenta • May 3, 2019 at
5:00 am
- "It is
impossible that the allied powers should extend their
political system to any portion of either continent without
endangering our peace and happiness; nor can anyone believe
that our southern brethren, if left to themselves, would adopt
it of their own accord." — President James Monroe, 1823.
- "The destinies
of our nations will not be dictated by foreign powers; they
will be shaped by the people who call this hemisphere home.
Today, we proudly proclaim for all to hear: the Monroe
Doctrine is alive and well." — National Security Adviser
John R. Bolton, Miami, Florida April 17, 2019.
- "The movement
for freedom in Venezuela reveals that the twilight hour of
socialism has arrived in our hemisphere..." — President
Donald Trump, Feb. 19, 2019, Florida International University.
- At the same time, it
is probably a good idea to keep an eye on the Ukraine, where
Putin has been offering around fast-tracked Russian passports,
as he did prior to his invasions of Georgia's South Ossetia
and Abkhazia in 2008, and Crimea in 2014. It is probably
advisable for the US to help the Ukrainians reinforce their
defenses there, especially around the city of Mariupol.
- It might also help
to explain to the American people what is at stake for the
Western Hemisphere in Venezuela....
Under no
circumstances should the Russians be allowed to bring in more
troops, planes or war materiel into Venezuela by air or sea.
Pictured: Russian President Vladimir Putin greets Venezuela's
Nicolás Maduro in Moscow, on July 2, 2013. (Image source: kremlin.ru)
In his speech to Bay of Pigs veterans in Miami,
Florida on April 17, U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton
explained the Trump administration's measures against Venezuela,
which he said should serve as a warning to Russia and others
offering military assistance to the regime of the dictator Nicolás
Maduro:
"This incredible region [Latin America] must
remain free from internal despotism and external domination... The
destinies of our nations will not be dictated by foreign powers;
they will be shaped by the people who call this hemisphere home.
Today, we proudly proclaim for all to hear: the Monroe Doctrine is
alive and well."
The heart of the Monroe Doctrine can be illustrated
by President James Monroe's declaration in 1823:
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