Otton Solis: Great and Small Powers Under the Donroe Doctrine
In this episode of Pacific Polarity, Costa Rican economist and former politician Otton Solís Fallas discussed the US capture of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro, the logic of the “Donroe Doctrine,” and the consequences of US–China rivalry for smaller states. Otton argues that Washington’s actions mark a return to a colonial-era “might makes right” approach, with Trump discarding democratic rhetoric in favor of a blunt assertion of American interest. He suggests many Latin American countries quietly share this unease but lack the freedom to say so, echoing the region’s historic subordination to…
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