Hemisphere watchDrug cartels target Obrador; Venezuela, Monroe Doctrine, Roosevelt Corollary; Haiti blackouts, and more
· AMLO security crackdown met with Mexico cartel death threats
· America’s cocaine habit fueled its migrant crisis
· Former DHS chief: There’s no security crisis near the southern border
· Alternative futures: United Kingdom options in Venezuela
· Venezuela: What’s the mission, Mr. President?
· Venezuela, the Monroe Doctrine and the Roosevelt Corollary
· Venezuela: U.S. sanctions hurt, but the economic crisis is home grown
· Mexico’s fourth transformation
· Guatemala must not grant amnesty to war criminals
· Routine blackouts in Haiti symbolize a loss of political power for its citizens
· Why Venezuela’s oil money could keep undermining its economy and democracy
AMLO security crackdown met with Mexico cartel death threats (Parker Asmann, InSight Crime)
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador received death threats from two separate criminal organizations recently — an alarming sign that cartels will seek to confront the new administration.
America’s cocaine habit fueled its migrant crisis (Christina Thornell and Sam Ellis, Vox)
And it’s destroying Guatemala and Honduras.
Former DHS chief: There’s no security crisis near the southern border (Olivia Gazis, CBS News)
To the extent there is an emergency on the U.S. southern border, it is the result of a humanitarian crisis, not a security crisis, according to former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson.
Alternative futures: United Kingdom options in Venezuela (Hal Wilson, Real Clear Defense)
In an alternative future, the United States and Brazil will intervene imminently in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. The United Kingdom (UK) faces being pulled into the crisis.
Venezuela: What’s the mission, Mr. President? (Mike Scrafton, The Strategist)
The proper use of military force in international relations is the indispensable subject of strategic policy. The national interests that could be promoted, protected or secured by the use or threat of military force, and how military force will achieve those objectives, should be intelligible in the military mission. So why has President Donald Trump again raised the possibility of U.S. military intervention in Venezuela?
Venezuela, the Monroe Doctrine and the Roosevelt Corollary (Judd Gregg, The Hill)
In 1823, President Monroe set out what became known as the Monroe Doctrine in a message to Congress.
The Monroe Doctrine had a number of elements but its most notable was the declaration that if any European power attempted to oppress or control any nation in the Western Hemisphere, such action would be viewed by the United States as a hostile act.
The Western Hemisphere was to be kept clear of European intrigue or interference.
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