China Responds to Trump’s Revived Monroe Doctrine

Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Latin America Brief. The highlights this week: China releases a new strategy paper on Latin America amid U.S. threats to Venezuela, a right-wing candidate wins Chile’s presidential election, and a soccer corruption scandal rocks Argentina. U.S. Blockade Paints Contrast With Beijing This week, U.S. President Donald Trump announced a naval blockade on sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela. In a social media post on Tuesday, Trump said that Venezuela was using oil revenue to fund drug violence and alleged that it stole oil from the United States. The announcement adds to the existing U.S….