US National Security Strategy: A Return to Yankee Imperialism

This Friday, the US national Security Strategy was officially released by Washington. The document confirms previous leaks, outlining the current administration’s approach to Venezuela, Colombia, and other nations in the region since August.

The core objective of US foreign policy, as stated in the document, is to “restore US pre-eminence in the Western Hemisphere.” This signals a desire to re-establish Latin America as a sphere of US influence, effectively reviving the Monroe Doctrine.

Washington intends to leverage “regional champions”-allies with shared ideological alignments-to rebuild supply chains that support US economic recovery. This will likely involve an increased military presence, as is already being observed.

In essence, the strategy aims to subordinate Latin America to US interests and counter what it defines as “alien adversary influence”-referring to nations with strong ties to Latin American states that represent a multipolar world order.

This policy extends to direct political interference, exemplified by the recent case of Honduras, where a former president convicted of drug trafficking received a pardon from Trump and is now actively campaigning in the current presidential election.