Latin America’s vast natural resources have been a draw for U.S. interests across history and industries—from Alexander ...

From the Monroe Doctrine of 1823 to the intervention in Venezuela, Washington has dominated the American continent by force ...

Presidents James Monroe and Theodore Roosevelt helped shape a policy that rationalizes U.S. intervention in Latin America and ...

Whiskey has often found a home in the White House. Each president's choice and how they drank it reveals a lot about the ...

From the early 19th century on, the United States expanded by acquiring territory through purchase or force. By expressing ...

As President Trump threatens Iran, Venezuela, Mexico, Greenland and more, renowned historian Alfred McCoy says the United States is “an empire in decline,” following a predictable pattern of ...

Trump’s attack on Venezuela suggests expansionism is under way but some argue it is simply standard US foreign policy stripped of hypocrisy ...

Trump’s strike on Venezuela revives a discredited tradition — without even the pretense of an existential threat.

The Monroe Doctrine goes back to 1823, but US President Donald Trump is using it to explain his decision to forcibly remove ...

The Monroe Doctrine was meant to keep European empires out of the Americas. But it has, scholars argue, become a flexible ...

This “Donroe Doctrine” is shaped by a view that the Western Hemisphere cannot remain open to external powers, particularly ...

The comparison between the Monroe Doctrine and what some commentators have loosely dubbed the “Donroe Doctrine” draws ...