Chile’s Boric Rejects Trump-Era Monroe Doctrine Revival Amid U.S.-China Tensions

In a bold rebuke of Washington’s recent foreign policy maneuvers, Chilean President Gabriel Boric rejected the Trump administration’s resurrection of the Monroe Doctrine—a historic principle asserting U.S. dominance over the Americas—as an unacceptable framework for Latin American nations’ autonomy. This rejection comes at a time when tensions between Santiago and Washington flare, following sanctions imposed on Chilean officials for their involvement in a fiber-optic cable project linking China and Chile. Is America Losing Its Influence By Overextending Authority? The sanctions against Chilean Minister Juan Carlos Muñoz and two other officials were justified by the U.S. State Department as necessary to...