Trump Should Dump the Venezuela Hawks

Trump Should Dump the Venezuela Hawks

Foreign Affairs Trump Should Dump the Venezuela Hawks Secretary of State Marco Rubio is undermining the president’s America First agenda. Credit: Maxim Elramsisy/Shutterstock President Donald Trump is acting pragmatically in the Middle East and Europe to protect America’s interests, but when it comes to Latin America, he is being undermined by neoconservatives in his own administration. One battleground is Venezuela policy, and one admin neocon…

Trump Needs to Ditch the Venezuela Hawks

President Donald Trump is facing internal challenges over his approach to Latin America, particularly regarding Venezuela. While he has shown a willingness to improve relations with the country, key figures in his administration, like Secretary of State Marco Rubio, are pushing for tougher measures. At the start of his second term, Trump aimed to foster ...

Latin America Three Months Into the Trumpocalypse - Other News - Voices against the tide

By Roger D. Harris – John Perry* – CounterPunch Nobody is complaining anymore about Latin America and the Caribbean being neglected by the hegemon to the north. The Trump administration is contending with it on multiple fronts: prioritizing “massive deportations,” halting the “flood of drugs,” combatting “threats to US security,” and stopping other countries from “ripping us off” in trade. The over 200-year-old Monroe Doctrine is alive and on st…