HISTORY: Monroe Doctrine | 1823 to Today

For two centuries, the United States claimed Latin America as its “backyard.” From the Monroe Doctrine to modern regime-change operations, power was exercised quietly, until now. The dramatic capture of Venezuela’s sitting president marks a turning point, exposing how imperial logic survives beneath the language of law and order. This video explains the long history behind the shock, revealing how ideology, not armies, became the real threat, and why Venezuela’s defiance triggered a response that echoes America’s oldest foreign policy doctrine.