Shield of the Americas
Military force and regime change in the Western Hemisphere
"With the war in Iran dominating every headline, it would be easy to miss what is happening in America's own backyard. For most of the post–Cold War era, Washington barely glanced south. It had other priorities — the Middle East, China, NATO's eastern flank. Latin America could wait.
What this weekend made clear is that the waiting is over. The Trump administration is not just reclaiming the hemisphere diplomatically. It is militarizing it — with missile strikes, military coalitions, and a doctrine that treats the neighborhood less as an alliance to be cultivated and more as a security theater to be controlled.
We will be back on Iran tomorrow! "
For most of the post–Cold War era, the United States has treated Latin America as an afterthought. Successive administrations focused their attention elsewhere — the Middle East, China, NATO’s eastern flank. But that approach is changing, as was evident again over the weekend.
At President Trump’s Doral golf resort outside Miami on Saturday, leaders from…
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