There is currently much discussion about the United States’ actions in Venezuela, which is a highly controversial topic and raises geopolitical questions about the global balance of power.
The kidnapping of President Maduro in Venezuela, with repeated reference to the Monroe Doctrine, does not make Venezuela the first victim of this doctrine. The occupation of Haiti by the US, from 1915 until well into the 1930s, also falls under the US self-image described in the Monroe Doctrine after its expansion by Roosevelt 1904.
Politically and economically, Haiti’s current problems can easily be traced back to this period. (and further)
The currently little-discussed presence of American mercenaries led by Trump’s friend Erik Prince is definitely not to be understood as strengthening Haitian interests. Regardless of the “Gang Suppression Force” operation legitimised by the UN, they are pursuing their own goals.
While the GSF attributes significant successes to itself at their New Year’s press conference, the mood in the country remains unchanged and, for the independent observer, a much more diffuse picture emerges, the course of which does not point to a stabilisation of the situation.
In Haiti, the political situation has not improved since Jovenel Moise was shot dead in 2021. The cynic in me thinks that the only real change in American foreign policy during the transition from Biden to Trump has been in the reporting on it. It almost seems as if Trump lies less about the atrocities his country commits. There are definitely no fewer atrocities to be recorded under previous presidents in office.
Moise’s assassination was easy to carry out because one of the assassins was a confirmed DEA informant and openly expressed this during the operation. The DEA emphasises that his actions were not based on DEA orders…
May Haiti emancipate itself from the eternal grip of national and international financial interests and may Venezuela expect a more gracious fate.