--- title: "What is Trump Really Up to in Latin America?" description: "Serious analysis for a dangerous world: https://fronts.co Trump’s revived Monroe Doctrine, drug-boat strikes, and rising tensions with Colombia and Venezuela—wins, blowback, and human costs. Dive into the strategy reshaping the hemisphere and people caught in between. Stay ahead of global conflicts with WarFronts Weekly! Get sharp, no-nonsense military analysis straight to your inbox. 📩 Subscribe now: https://subscribepage.io/WarFrontsWeekly Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Megaprojects:https://www.youtube.com/@megaprojects9649 SideProjects: https://www.youtube.com/@Sideprojects Into The Shadows: https://www.youtube.com/@IntotheShadows Today I Found Out: https://www.youtube.com/@TodayIFoundOut Brain Blaze: https://www.youtube.com/@brainblaze6526 Casual Criminalist: https://www.youtube.com/@TheCasualCriminalist Decoding the Unknown: https://www.youtube.com/@decodingtheunknown2373 Places: https://www.youtube.com/@Places302 Celestium: https://www.youtube.com/@Celestium1234 PoliticalFronts: http://www.youtube.com/@homefronts Simon's Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ 00:00 Introduction 02:19 The Return Of The Monroe Doctrine 08:19 Is It Working? 14:07 The Victims Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/us/politics/trump-covert-cia-action-venezuela.html https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/10/20/trump-cia-attack-venezuela-us-war/ https://boz.substack.com/p/us-policy-in-latam-20-october-2025s https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/trumps-threats-and-military-strikes-turn-up-heat-on-latin-america-984cc01b https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/trump-venezuela-maduro-boat-sinkings/?share-code=ifNGwwUOHQIh https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/19/trump-calls-colombias-petro-a-drug-leader-says-us-to-cut-aid-to-country https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/world/americas/trump-colombia-petro-aid.html https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/10/19/colombia-s-president-accuses-us-of-violating-sovereignty-and-committing-murder67465744.html https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0ex1jq9pdvo https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/venezuela/article312516272.html https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/20/trump-colombia-drugs-tariffs-aid-cuts-petro/ https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-real-target-of-trumps-war-on-drug-boats https://insightcrime.org/investigations/rise-criminal-hybrid-state-venezuela/ https://time.com/7326921/trump-venezuela-caribbean-drug-boats-maduro/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-builds-up-forces-caribbean-officials-experts-ask-why-2025-08-29/ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c78nl9lz8zeo https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2025/08/26/a-surprise-us-navy-surge-in-the-caribbean https://www.latintimes.com/whats-stake-colombia-after-trumps-tirade-against-petro-590757 https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-07-04/colombias-petro-accumulates-crises-in-wake-of-leyva-case.html https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/05/donald-trump-interventions-latin-america-usa-venezuela https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/trump-latin-america-migration-drug-trade-05dec866 https://www.democracynow.org/2023/4/27/monroedoctrine" url: https://fronts.co/videos/warfronts-rfe5uqru4n8.md canonical: https://fronts.co/videos/warfronts-rfe5uqru4n8/ datePublished: 2025-10-23T17:01:24.000Z dateModified: 2025-10-23T17:01:24.000Z author: - name: Fronts Staff url: https://fronts.co/authors/fronts-team/ publisher: Fronts type: NewsArticle language: en access: members isAccessibleForFree: false tokens: 832 --- Serious analysis for a dangerous world: https://fronts.co Trump’s revived Monroe Doctrine, drug-boat strikes, and rising tensions with Colombia and Venezuela—wins, blowback, and human costs. Dive into the strategy reshaping the hemisphere and people caught in between. Stay ahead of global conflicts with WarFronts Weekly! Get sharp, no-nonsense military analysis straight to your inbox. 📩 Subscribe now: https://subscribepage.io/WarFrontsWeekly Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Megaprojects:https://www.youtube.com/@megaprojects9649 SideProjects: https://www.youtube.com/@Sideprojects Into The Shadows: https://www.youtube.com/@IntotheShadows Today I Found Out: https://www.youtube.com/@TodayIFoundOut Brain Blaze: https://www.youtube.com/@brainblaze6526 Casual Criminalist: https://www.youtube.com/@TheCasualCriminalist Decoding the Unknown: https://www.youtube.com/@decodingtheunknown2373 Places: https://www.youtube.com/@Places302 Celestium: https://www.youtube.com/@Celestium1234 PoliticalFronts: http://www.youtube.com/@homefronts Simon's Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ 00:00 Introduction 02:19 The Return Of The Monroe Doctrine 08:19 Is It Working? 14:07 The Victims Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/us/politics/trump-covert-cia-action-venezuela.html https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/10/20/trump-cia-attack-venezuela-us-war/ https://boz.substack.com/p/us-policy-in-latam-20-october-2025s https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/trumps-threats-and-military-strikes-turn-up-heat-on-latin-america-984cc01b https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/trump-venezuela-maduro-boat-sinkings/?share-code=ifNGwwUOHQIh https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/19/trump-calls-colombias-petro-a-drug-leader-says-us-to-cut-aid-to-country https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/world/americas/trump-colombia-petro-aid.html https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/10/19/colombia-s-president-accuses-us-of-violating-sovereignty-and-committing-murder67465744.html https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0ex1jq9pdvo https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/venezuela/article312516272.html https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/20/trump-colombia-drugs-tariffs-aid-cuts-petro/ https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-real-target-of-trumps-war-on-drug-boats https://insightcrime.org/investigations/rise-criminal-hybrid-state-venezuela/ https://time.com/7326921/trump-venezuela-caribbean-drug-boats-maduro/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-builds-up-forces-caribbean-officials-experts-ask-why-2025-08-29/ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c78nl9lz8zeo https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2025/08/26/a-surprise-us-navy-surge-in-the-caribbean https://www.latintimes.com/whats-stake-colombia-after-trumps-tirade-against-petro-590757 https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-07-04/colombias-petro-accumulates-crises-in-wake-of-leyva-case.html https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/05/donald-trump-interventions-latin-america-usa-venezuela https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/trump-latin-america-migration-drug-trade-05dec866 https://www.democracynow.org/2023/4/27/monroedoctrine --- Full analysis is behind the paywall. 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