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Trump revives centuries-old doctrine that shaped US-Cuba relations
Key takeaways
- Donald Trump has revived the Monroe Doctrine a decade after the Obama administration said the policy was "over".
- His ambitions have stretched from eyeing off Greenland and the Panama Canal, to forcing a change of government in Venezuela.
- But even with the US military occupied in a war in the Middle East, he has begun to eye a new target, closer to home.
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Donald Trump has revived the Monroe Doctrine a decade after the Obama administration said the policy was "over". (Reuters: Evelyn Hockstein)
Link copied Share Share article For much of his second term, US President Donald Trump has sought to expand the influence of the US in the Western Hemisphere.
His ambitions have stretched from eyeing off Greenland and the Panama Canal, to forcing a change of government in Venezuela.
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