Behind today’s headlines is a history of imperial outrage—including a Philadelphia contract man who wreaked havoc in early 20th century Venezuela and helped oust a president.

The doctrine formulated by President James Monroe was originally aimed at opposing European meddling in the Western ...

President Trump’s audacious decision to seize Nicolás Maduro heralds a new geopolitical strategy: the U.S. and the U.S. only ...

In detailing the U.S. military action that led to the arrest of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, President Donald Trump ...

“After years of neglect, the United States will reassert and enforce the Monroe Doctrine to restore American preeminence in ...

Notable people born on this day include “Mad Men” star January Jones and “American Sniper” star Bradley Cooper.

His invasion of Venezuela and abduction of Nicolás Maduro recall the U.S. imperialism of the early twentieth century—and may ...

It was America's fifth president who formulated a foreign policy approach that has shaped American strategy for two centuries ...

The Trump administration’s Jan. 3 capture of President Nicolás Maduro bore some familiar echoes to the 1989 U.S. invasion of ...