Trump repeating the painful history of US ‘policing’ of Latin America

Trump administration in recent weeks launched a military attack More than a dozen boats were attacked off the coast of Venezuela and Colombia, leaving more than 60 people dead.

The administration claims to be protecting the United States against drug-smuggling ships. However, Colombian President Gustavo Petro called the USA “murderthreatens its citizens and threatens its sovereignty.

US intervention in Latin America almost new. In fact, the United States has been meddling in the affairs of its southern neighbors since many Latin American countries gained independence from European powers in the 1820s.