The so-called Monroe Doctrine is weakening as progressive nations in Latin America and the Caribbean embrace multipolarity and reject the interventionist policies of the United States (US), said Nicaragua’s Foreign Minister Denis Moncada.
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In a special interview with journalist Jorge Gestoso, the Nicaraguan Foreign Minister emphasized that his country supports Venezuela in its legitimate claim to the sovereignty of Guyana Esequiba, while Guyana, together with the United States, claims to take possession of this territory.
“Nicaragua has expressed and we continue to express our support to Venezuela in defending its sovereignty and territorial integrity over the Essequibo,” he said.
“All countries on the continent have had experiences of this kind, how the United States, the United Kingdom or another power has seized our territories, only to later turn them into pieces, to divide them, to create contradictions in the people , and this gives them an advantage. “, he assured. .
Moncada is in Caracas to attend the “International Forum Against Imperialism, Fascism and Neo-Colonization Bolívar vs. Monroe” to mark the bicentenary of the so-called Monroe Doctrine.
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The international forum aims to address the consequences of the Monroe Doctrine in Latin America and the Caribbean in various dimensions and to update and make visible the anti-imperialist struggle throughout the region.
In this context, Moncada emphasized that we need to reflect on the 200 years of the Monroe Doctrine to know where it should be stopped.
In this sense, Moncada emphasized that it was the people who resisted US interference in their struggle that contributed to the strengthening of progressive nations, as in the case of Nicaragua in its modern history.
“Imperialism does not stop continuing its policy of aggression, invasion, interference and the takeover of the natural resources of our countries south of the Rio Grande,” he stressed.
In the interview, the Chancellor recalled the creation of a paramilitary group called Counter-Revolution, dubbed “Contra” by the US government, to attack the triumph of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) in the 1980s and 1990s, after the fall of the century Dictatorship of Anastasio Somoza Debayle in 1979.
For Moncada, the Contras were a clear example of the US’s intention to conquer Latin American and Caribbean countries in order to seize their resources and expand their geography under the so-called Monroe Doctrine.
Under this policy toward Latin America, outlined by former U.S. President James Monroe in 1823, the U.S. would protect the sovereignty of newly independent Latin American nations and work to prevent a European power from attempting to reestablish a colonial empire in the region.
The real intention, however, was to intervene in nations to steal their assets, to extend their interference in favor of their own interests as part of a new colonization of the continent that extends to the present.
Moncada explained that Nicaragua remains an enduring example of the US Empire’s intent to continue its policy of aggression, violent territorial domination, invasion and takeover of our resources.
Moncada, however, focused on the people’s struggle for universal change that would end imperialist hegemony; He cited the Brics group, which is now in full swing, as an example.
Also the possibility that Nicaragua could build a road similar to the Panama Canal without US interference and with support from China and foreign investment.
This aggressive policy of interference and theft of our resources by the US, UK and other European powers continues to meet with strong resistance from our people to this day.
He warned that new channels for trade with countries outside the sphere of influence of the Monroe Doctrine were now being created as a strategy to overcome these illegal, arbitrary and disruptive measures.
In addition to the Brics countries, he also named other integration groups far from the USA, such as ALBA-TCP, the Commission of Latin American and Caribbean Countries (Celac) and others, as expressions to defeat these fascist and neo-colonialist policies.
He accused the United States of creating structural causes such as the existence of drugs, which create insecurity in these countries and force people to migrate.