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  • A zombie doctrine and a crisis in Venezuela

    A zombie doctrine and a crisis in Venezuela

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    Andrew Green
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    There’s been much talk, since Donald Trump kidnapped the President of Venezuela and declared that he would ‘run’ the country, of a reassertion of the Monroe Doctrine.  This set me thinking about what exactly is or was the ‘Monro Doctrine’, and how it’s related to Trump’s actions. To begin with, there’s something odd about linking…