Tensions rise in South America as the region faces reassertion of U.S. Monroe Doctrine, but internal divisions hinder united front. The continent of over 450 million people is taking a stand against what it perceives as U.S. interference.

Following the U.S military’s capture of Venezuelan President Maduro, the continent of more than 450 million people is confronting the reassertion o fa Monroe Doctrine–style logic treating it as a zone of U.S. influence; however internal divisions undermine the region’s ability to form a united front