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The Trump administration has dramatically escalated U.S. intervention across Latin America and the Caribbean — from the military capture of Venezuela's Maduro to a fuel blockade pushing Cuba toward humanitarian collapse, sweeping tariffs, and the gutting of foreign aid. As Washington reasserts dominance under what analysts call the "Trump Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, China is quietly expanding its footprint, and the region's nations face a volatile new era of coercive great-power competition.