Colombian president warns US against building an empire in Latin America - POLITICO

VIENNA — Colombian President Gustavo Petro issued a stinging rebuke of U.S. foreign policy and urged President Donald Trump’s government to pursue dialogue with Latin America over military interventions.

During an interview with POLITICO in Vienna this week, Petro said that Latin America is not a “land to be conquered,” after the Trump administration bombed alleged drug smugglers, toppled the Venezuelan president and menaced Cuba.

These aggressive moves are part of a strategic shift from a White House looking to reassert U.S. dominance across the Western Hemisphere and push back foreign influence — an approach nicknamed the “Donroe Doctrine,” after the 1823 policy of U.S. President James Monroe.