In the annals of U S foreign policy, the Monroe Doctrine, articulated by President James Monroe in 1823, emerges as a linchpin that has intricately woven the fabric of relations between the United States and South America continent up to this day It is part and parcel of US foreign policy on the South American continent https://democracyguyana.com/nicolas-maduro-the-president-of-venezuela-defies-the-monroe-doctrine-and-indirectly-challenges-the-united-states-by-initiating-border-tensions-with-guyana-in-south-america/