More than 36 years after the United States invaded Panama to arrest Manuel Noriega, Washington has once again launched a military operation to seize the sitting president of a sovereign Latin American country. The move echoes the logic of the Monroe Doctrine revived for the Trump era: enforcing US dominance in the western hemisphere through the use of force rather than law.
Beyond its immediate impact on Latin America, the operation has sent a wider signal. It underscores a willingness to bypass…
US attack on Venezuela tests moral clarity of the post-war world order
