Venezuela and the Monroe Doctrine 2.025
Landslide
Generational change seems to be coming to the Western Hemisphere, likely in days not weeks, as the USA seeks to stifle the flow of illicit drugs into the USA, shore up access to natural resources (rare-Earth minerals) and forge political alliances favorable to reconstructing regional trading blocs. The lynchpin is Venezuela and Secretary of State Marco Rubio is the mastermind: understanding the destabilization of the region is rooted in the Maduro (Chavista) dictatorship and now a true national security issue.