By Emmanuele Khouri A Chinese ship’s ongoing tour of several Latin American countries is a medical service mission, according to Chinese authorities. But the ship’s recent visit to Brazil heightened concerns that the hospital ship’s mission is more than humanitarian, after Brazilian authorities were prevented from inspecting the massive vessel. When the ship, dubbed the […]
Tag: Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine, declared by President James Monroe in 1823, was a foundational U.S. foreign policy stating the Americas were closed to further European colonization and interference, while the U.S. would stay out of European affairs, establishing spheres of influence and American hemispheric preeminence, though it was later expanded by figures like Theodore Roosevelt to justify U.S. intervention in Latin America.
