Skip Navigation

After Another Boat Bombing, House Progressives Demand End to ‘Donroe Doctrine’

After Another Boat Bombing, House Progressives Demand End to 'Donroe Doctrine' | Common Dreams

Progressive congresswomen call for ending the Monroe Doctrine and establishing a "New Good Neighbor" policy toward Latin America and the Caribbean.

“With the death toll from President Donald Trump’s boat bombings of alleged drug traffickers now at 130 after a Monday strike, a pair of progressive congresswomen on Tuesday called for ending the Monroe Doctrine and establishing a “New Good Neighbor” policy toward Latin America and the Caribbean.

“In 1823, then-President James Monroe “declared the Western Hemisphere off limits to powerful countries in Europe””

Comments

3