Mainstream Media 'Discovers' US Imperialism in Latin America
The FT's 'Trump’s Latin America policy is Rubio’s revenge' suggests a fresh hell of US manipulation and corporatized foreign policy. Yet, 'reshaping the region by using corporate power' is less 'revenge' and more 'business as usual' for a century of Monroe Doctrine enthusiasts. Whether it's the United Fruit Company in the early 20th century or the countless coups backed by Washington, suppressing
indigenous movements, and propping up dictators, the playbook remains strikingly consistent. The faces change, but the exploitation of the Global South is a bipartisan tradition. Naming it 'Rubio's revenge' neatly sidesteps the systemic economic interests (and historical atrocities) that underpin US foreign policy across administrations. It isn't personal vendettas; it's profit. How many 'new'
eras of corporate domination do we need before we call it what it is: sustained imperial control?