In the second part of our interview, Green Left’s Ben Radford sits down with Panamanian union leader José Cambra to talk about the mass opposition to the recent agreement signed between the Panamanian and United States governments to re-establish US military bases and personnel along the Panama Canal.
Monroe Doctrine
Indignation and resistance to United States President Donald Trump’s bullying, deportations and economic reprisals are spreading across Latin America, writes Steve Ellner.
Under the Shadow is a forthcoming podcast series hosted by journalist and producer Michael Fox, which delves into the history of rebellions and interventions by the United States in Latin America. Green Left’s Federico Fuentes spoke to Fox about the upcoming first season.
In 2008, the prestigious Council on Foreign Relations published a report titled US-Latin America Relations: A New Direction for a New Reality. Timed to influence the foreign policy agenda of the next US administration, the report asserted: “the era of the US as the dominant influence in Latin America is over.”
Then, at the Summit of the Americas the next year, then-president Barack Obama promised Latin American leaders a “new era” of “equal partnership” and “mutual respect”.