World Insights: 200 years of Monroe Doctrine leave trail of U.S. atrocities in Latin America

Contributed by NAMPA / Xinhua.

MEXICO CITY, May 14 (Xinhua) -- Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and his Bolivian counterpart Luis Arce this week affirmed their refusal to attend the June 6-10 Summit of the Americas in the United States if the host insists on excluding Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela.
Their stance reflects regional opposition to keeping those countries out of the summit, but this is not the first time the United States has tried to impose its will on the entire American continent, nor will it be the last ...