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Trump revives centuries-old doctrine that shaped US-Cuba relations - 24-May-2026 - NZ International news News | International 24 May 2026 7:50 | outlook hotmail | yahoo mail | gmail | news | weather | finance | shopping | about nzcity | Search | NZCity News SEARCH Google Bing NZ News NewsLinks the White Pages NZ Street Names the Yellow Pages Yahoo NZ Web sites SearchNZ NZ Domain Names CUSTOMISE Start Page Personalise News Top Stories Business Sports Politics Health & Safety Law and Order Technology Education Living & Travel Entertainment Motoring Environment National International Accidents Maori Rural Local Politics Sport Weather Finance Shopping Jobs Horoscopes Lotto Results Photo Gallery Site Gallery TVNow Dating SearchNZ NZSearch Crime.co.nz RugbyLeague Make Home About NZCity Contact NZCity Your Privacy Advertising Login Join for Free Home > News > International Trump revives centuries-old doctrine that shaped US-Cuba relations The Monroe Doctrine was once a core tenet of US foreign policy. US President Donald Trump has brought it back with a new interpretation. 24 May 2026 For much of his second term, US President Donald Trump has sought to expand the influence of the US in the Western Hemisphere. His ambitions have stretched from eyeing off Greenland and the Panama Canal, to forcing a change of government in Venezuela. But even with the US military occupied in a war in the Middle East, he has begun to eye a new target, closer to home. "Cuba's got problems," Trump declared during a speech earlier this month . "On the way back from Iran, … we'll have [the USS Abraham Lincoln] come in, stop about 100 yards offshore, and they'll say, 'Thank you very much. We give up'." It's not all talk. Since February 4, the US Navy and US Air Force have conducted at least 25 intelligence-gathering flights around the island's coastline, according to analysis by CNN . On May 21, the US indicted former Cuban president Raúl Castro on murder charges. To justify his ambitions, Mr Trump has revived a two-century-old foreign policy that promoted American imperialism. Here is what to know about the Monroe Doctrine and how it has been used to shape the region. The shield and sword Nations across the Americas spent the early 19th century shrugging off their European colonisers. The US drove offensive British forces out of the country to conclude the War of 1812 — a conflict Americans considered critical to their independence, despite having started it. Between 1821 and 1822, 10 Latin American colonies broke away from Spain and Portugal and declared independence. So when US president James Monroe stood before Congress for his 1823 State of the Union address, he declared the Western Hemisphere closed to future colonisation efforts, adding that the US would consider any European interference a hostile act. The statement was of little consequence for the great powers of Europe, but it became a longstanding tenet of US foreign policy, known

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