President Trump's pressure campaign against Venezuela is the latest episode in a long saga of U.S. intervention in Latin America and the Caribbean. Rooted in the 1823 Monroe Doctrine, that history includes both successes and failures. Key Topics World, U.s. Foreign Policy, Venezuela, Monroe Doctrine, Interventionism,

President Trump's pressure campaign against Venezuela is the latest chapter in a long history of U.S. intervention in Latin America and the Caribbean that traces its roots to the 1823 Monroe Doctrine. Those interventions over two centuries have produced a mixture of successes and failures rather than