Caribbean Matters: Democratic Rep. Nydia Velzquez calls for an end to the Monroe Doctrine

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2. so now we want European powers to oppress or control the destiny of independent

Latin American and Caribbean countries???

All of the cited "whereas" clauses were examples of us either going way beyond or completely ignoring the Monroe Doctrine.

Perhaps all that is needed here is a simple statement that we will be a good neighbor and partner with Latin American and Caribbean countries that wish to be good neighbors and partners with us.

While I and most Americans want to lift the embargo on Cuba... putting that into this law is a poison pill to it passing. The Cubans in South Florida will not let their representatives vote for this.

The Monroe Doctrine:

Whereas, 200 years ago, President James Monroe announced that the United States Government would actively oppose any interference by European powers in the affairs of independent Latin American and Caribbean countries “for the purpose of oppressing them, or controlling in any other manner their destiny”;

Which seems fairly benign to me... no matter how it has been twisted or completely ignored in the past.

I notice there is one "whereas" that was left out... an actual attempt by a European power to oppress and control the destiny of Cuba ( not that we didn't have a change to be on the right side of the Cuban revolution and be friends with Castro and perhaps steer him away from being a proxy state controlled by the USSR ). Bay of Pigs sealed that fate. But the Cuban missile crisis was a real thing as well.