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The Monroe Doctrine, Then and Now
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 7 months agoVenezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks next to China's President Xi Jinping at the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas on July 20, 2014. (Photo...
The lesser-known history of the Monroe Doctrine
Salon via Yahoo News· 7 months agoSmith's Plantation Library of Congress/Digiital Public Library of America Today marks the 200th anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine, celebrated in history...
On This Day, Dec. 2: Monroe Doctrine proclaimed in State of the Union
United Press International via Yahoo News· 7 months agoOn Dec. 2, 1823, during his annual address to the U.S. Congress, President James Monroe proclaimed a...
A ‘fevered hallucination’: Latin America meets Vivek Ramaswamy
Politico via Yahoo News· 10 months agoIt’s not often a presidential candidate invokes the 19th century Monroe Doctrine to entice voters. But Vivek Ramaswamy has strong views on U.S. relations with Latin America — and while some ...
Russian foreign minister: U.S. ‘playing with fire around Taiwan’
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRussian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov accused the United States of “playing with fire around...
Take this 10-question quiz to determine how much you really know about Cinco de Mayo
Fresno Bee via Yahoo News· 2 months agoWhat better way to prepare for Cinco de Mayo than brushing up on your knowledge about the...
Joel Roberts Poinsett: Namesake of the poinsettia, enslaver, secret agent and perpetrator of the...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 6 months agoJoel Roberts Poinsett is given credit for bringing the popular red and green plant to the U.S....
Biden’s weakness is bringing war to South America
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 6 months agoIs war about to erupt in South America? Last week, Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro took provocative steps toward forcibly annexing Essequibo, a...
‘The Age of Reconstruction’ Review: A Global Emancipation
The Wall Street Journal· 2 weeks agoBOOKSHELF Historians generally treat Reconstruction as an era whose aspiration, drama and importance...
Editorial: China and Cuba are getting closer. Now is the time for Biden to reengage with Havana.
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFew countries in the Western Hemisphere have evoked for Americans the spirit of the Monroe Doctrine as much as has Cuba. For years, the Soviets used the island nation 103 miles off the coast ...