From Wikipedia: “The Monroe Doctrine was a US foreign policy regarding Latin American countries in 1823. It stated that further efforts by European nations to colonize land or interfere with states in North or South America would be viewed as acts of aggression, requiring U.S. intervention.”
Russia is understandably annoyed with western governments interfering with Ukraine, which is Russia’s next door neighbor.
America would not put up with Russian or Chinese intervention in Mexico or Central America.
As Tom Sunic wrote in his book Homo Americanus:
The Monroe Doctrine, as [Carl] Schmitt notes, was basically a unilateral decision. “It is not a treaty signed with other European countries.” It is very general in its wording and can be interpreted at will by its architects, while providing America with an astounding weapon to counter hostile interests… “Other nations can never extract anything from America by means of this doctrine; America can always demand anything from any political actor, whatever it desires.”
