S8 Ep176: The Trump Corollary: Reviving the Monroe Doctrine in Latin America: Colleague Ernesto Araújo discusses a new "Trump corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine reshaping U.S. policy in the Americas, signaling a more assertive stance against foreign influence and au
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🗓️ 9 December 2025
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- The Trump Corollary: Reviving the Monroe Doctrine in Latin America: Colleague Ernesto Araújo discusses a new "Trump corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine reshaping U.S. policy in the Americas, signaling a more assertive stance against foreign influence and authoritarian regimes; this shift is evident in Venezuela, where President Maduro appears to be negotiating his exit in the face of U.S. pressure, while in Brazil the administration of Lula da Silva faces significant instability due to a massive banking scandal linking the government to money laundering and organized crime, with the new application of the Monroe Doctrine suggesting the U.S. will favor political figures aligned with its security strategy.
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| 0:00.0 | This is CBSI on the world. |
| 0:07.4 | I'm John Batchelor. |
| 0:08.5 | The New World Report. |
| 0:09.7 | I welcome Ernesto R. Ujo, former foreign minister to the Republic of Brazil, to comment on the Monroe Doctrine. |
| 0:16.7 | Over these last days, the national security strategy of the Trump administration |
| 0:20.7 | features what is being interpreted widely by major media, Reuters, to the Defense 1, |
| 0:28.9 | to headlines in the Miami Herald, a Trump corollary of the Monroe Doctrine. |
| 0:35.5 | The Monroe Doctrine dates to the early 19th century, James Monroe, President of the United States, hero of the Monroe Doctrine. The Monroe Doctrine dates to the early 19th century, James Monroe, |
| 0:39.0 | President of the United States, hero of the revolution, extending the authority of the U.S., |
| 0:45.2 | a young nation in this time period, to include all of the Americas, which at that point were |
| 0:52.4 | struggling with the brutality of colonialism from Europe. |
| 0:56.5 | That was then. |
| 0:57.9 | Since then, there have been amundations of the Monroe Doctrine. |
| 1:01.0 | Teddy Roosevelt, for example, used gunpotes to secure the Monroe Doctrine again from |
| 1:07.0 | European colonial masters who were looking to get involved in South America. |
| 1:12.1 | Now the Trump corollary. |
| 1:14.1 | Ernesto, I welcome your thoughts about it, but I want to put it into action right away. |
| 1:19.4 | The Monroe Doctrine, either the Roosevelt Corollary or the original, said that the U.S. |
| 1:24.5 | had the authority and correct right to protect its power to protect the new world. |
| 1:30.4 | Teddy Roosevelt used gunboats. |
| 1:32.3 | There are large numbers of gunboats around Venezuela. |
| 1:35.8 | How do you interpret these remarks by the Trump administration now in Venezuela? |
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