WTF is Going on in Latin America & the Caribbean:  The Demise of the Monroe Doctrine
Channel: CODEPINK
Date: 2022-12-09

TODAY'S EPISODE:  Decolonization, Multipolarity & the Demise of the Monroe Doctrine 

GUEST:  Frederick Mills is a professor of philosophy at Bowie State University and Deputy Director of the Council on Hemispheric Affairs. He researches and writes on ethics, philosophy, U.S. --Latin America relations and has recently published a book, Enrique Dussel's Ethics of Liberation: An Introduction.

BACKGROUND:

Fred has recently co-written with William Camacaro, Senior Analyst at COHA, the article entitled Decolonization, Multipolarity and the Demise of the Monroe Doctrine.  Today's conversation will focus on the themes of their article

https://www.coha.org/decolonization-multipolarity-and-the-demise-of-the-monroe-doctrine/

December 3, 2023 will mark the 200th anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine. It will also mark its obsolescence in the face of popular resistance and the Pink Tide of progressive governments in Latin America that have been elected over the past two and a half decades. The prevailing ideology of these left and left of center movements rejects the “Washington Consensus” and opts for a new consensus based on the decolonization of the political, economic, social and cultural spheres. This consensus is accompanied by encounters and conferences that advance liberatory traditions developed since the 1960’s as well as those deeply rooted in indigenous cultures. It is Washington’s failure to respect and adjust to this political and ideological process of transformation that precludes, at this time, a constructive and cooperative U.S. foreign policy towards the region.