Ambitious! American Monroe Doctrine Return to Latin America? Expert: Power politics doesn’t work.
Cctv newsOn the 15th local time, the Lima Group Foreign Ministers’ Meeting was held in Santiago, Chile. On the eve of the Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, US Secretary of State Pompeo visited Chile, Paraguay, Peru and Colombia, the main members of Lima Group, in order to further coordinate their positions and win support for solving the Venezuelan issue. In this regard, some experts in Latin American countries believe that the United States and Lima Group have obvious differences on whether to intervene militarily in Venezuela. For a long time, the United States has wantonly criticized the foreign policies of Latin American governments, which shows that the American government lacks respect for other sovereign countries.
Experts believe that the intention of the United States to intervene and influence the foreign policies of Latin American governments is obvious. As a sovereign country, every Latin American country has the right and ability to independently formulate its foreign policy. Taking Latin America as its sphere of influence and promoting power politics are taking the old road of "Monroe Doctrine".
For the recent remarks that the US government has repeatedly mentioned that "Monroe Doctrine" has returned to Latin America, many Latin American scholars also said that in the current environment, Monroe Doctrine has no room for survival and development. On the other hand, in the context of globalization, Latin American governments will also formulate foreign policies that are most in line with their own interests according to their own development needs.
Members of the public: US sanctions aggravate economic difficulties
At the same time, the Venezuelan people believe that on the one hand, the United States claims to be a true friend of Latin American countries, on the other hand, it constantly increases sanctions against Venezuela, in fact, it implements "double standards" in its foreign policy, and in order to achieve its own political goals, it does not hesitate to aggravate Venezuela’s domestic economic difficulties.