The Donroe Doctrine: This is Trump's neocolonial plan for Latin America

The Donroe Doctrine: This is Trump's neocolonial plan for Latin America

Author: Ben Norton October 25, 2025 Duration: 36:42
The Donald Trump administration seeks to forcibly impose the US empire's hegemony in Latin America, waging war on Venezuela, imposing sanctions on Colombia's President Gustavo Petro, hitting Brazil with tariffs, and meddling in Argentina's election. Ben Norton explains how Trump and Marco Rubio are trying to cut off all western hemisphere ties with China and Russia, bringing back the colonial Monroe Doctrine, now known as the Donroe Doctrine. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcWH-LPyTow Topics 0:00 Trump's war on Latin America 1:04 (CLIP) Trump meddles in Argentina's election 1:23 US imperial strategy in Latin America 2:02 (CLIP) Trump wants Venezuela's oil 2:14 Natural resources 2:41 Ties with China and Russia 3:02 Oligarchic counter-revolution 4:11 US war on Venezuela 7:50 Marco Rubio: coup-plotting war hawk 9:23 Fox News calls to colonize Venezuela 10:01 (CLIP) Fox News: Venezuela 51st US state 10:29 The "drug trafficking" excuse 11:10 Colombia's President Gustavo Petro 13:29 US-backed Colombian drug traffickers 14:24 US-backed drug lord Álvaro Uribe 17:05 The "war on drugs" is based on lies 18:10 Colombia moves closer to China 19:12 China: South America's top trading partner 20:41 USA meddles in Colombia's election 21:42 Monroe Doctrine to Donroe Doctrine 26:15 (CLIP) John Bolton boasts of coup attempt 27:05 Neocolonialism 28:26 US interventions in Latin America 30:32 USA colonized half of Mexico 31:11 Colonial "Banana Wars" 31:41 Goals of US war on Venezuela 32:33 William McKinley, imperialist 34:01 (CLIP) Trump vows to expand US empire 35:02 Trump takes mask off US empire 36:30 Outro

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