Diego Arria

Articles by Diego Arria

Arria: Putin Looks to Assert Russian Influence in the Americas via Venezuela

“America for the Americans” was a fundamental piece of the foreign policy of the United States in relation to Latin America since President James Monroe announced it in 1823, when his country lacked the resources and military to enforce it vis-à-vis imperial European powers.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) and his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro shakes