1. The Gaza War\'s Effect on Women
(Newsletter)

...;  Wednesday, 07 October 2009 American presidents have long regarded Latin America as their “backyard.” The Monroe Doctrine warned the European powers to stay out — by what right? — and since t...

2. Still Meddling After All These Years
(Opinions/op-ed)

American presidents have long regarded Latin America as their “backyard.” The Monroe Doctrine warned the European powers to stay out — by what right? — and since then American chief executives have de

3. Obama and McCain Are Both Wrong
(Opinions/op-ed)

...n’s neighborhood, not the United States’. How would McCain or Obama react if Ahmadinejad issued a suitably revised Monroe Doctrine? The American ambition to manage Iran’s dealings with Iraq is ludicr...

4. The Decline of US Hegemony
(Opinions/Society)

...itary alliance in future to counter NATO.   In its backyard Latin America, USA maintained its dominance under Monroe doctrine except for defiant Cuba under Fidel Castro .But Washington is losing ...

5. Bush needs his own 'Great White Fleet'
(Editor/Editorial)

... the times.  A man at the embryonic stage of American empire, Roosevelt added a very crucial corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, one which would allow the United States to intervene in Latin Americ...

6. American Independence
(Editor/Editorial)

...“land grabs” in North America were as follows: 1803, Louisiana Purchase from France; 1812, War with Britain; 1812, Monroe Doctrine opposing European interference in the Americas; 1819, Florida obtaine...

7. 'Shock and Awe'
(Opinions/op-ed)

...and Mexicans out of both their cultures and their lands.  Unfortunately, such Manifest Destiny, even with its Monroe Doctrine addendum, only covered “our rights” to the Americas, a puny hemispher...

8. ...Noam Chomsky on Failed States
(Opinions/Society)

...economically, because of Cuba's -- what they called Cuba's successful defiance of U.S. policies, going back to the Monroe Doctrine. No Russians, but the Monroe Doctrine, 150 years back at that time. A...