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The Madman Doctrine

JL;DR SUMMARY In a special session hosted by Jewish Currents, prominent historian Greg Grandin will discuss the United States' longstanding imperialist strategies in Latin America, focusing on the Trump administration's actions concerning Nicolás Maduro. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Latin AmericaTrump AdministrationJewish CurrentsHistorical ContextForeign PolicyImperialismWestern HemisphereNicolás MaduroUs ImperialismGreg Grandin

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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
"one of the foremost scholars of US policy towards Latin America, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Yale historian"
Caracas, Capital, Venezuela
"how the Trump administrations abduction of Nicols Maduro fits into the long-history of US imperialism"

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