US attack on Venezuela evokes Monroe Doctrine, laid out in 1823 to cement Washington's sphere of influence in Americas.

Le politiche di espansionismo statunitense in America Latina (ANSA)

US attack on Venezuela evokes Monroe Doctrine, laid out in 1823 to cement Washington's sphere of influence in Americas.

OP-ED. Historian Florian Louis traces the origins and shifts of the Monroe Doctrine which, until the arrest of the Venezuelan leader, rested on the idea that Europe and the US…