We haven’t used or threatened force to outside influences for years under utopian Kumbyyar visions of globalization.
The biggest surrender of the Monroe doctrine was when the Chinese took over the Panama canal as “managers” of canal and ports. Talk about surrendering a crucial chokepoint. I can’t even imagine that happening—but it did.
Actually, that's not correct. Is run and managed by the ACP board, whose members are all Panamanian. However, the ports at Balboa and Cristobal at either end of the canal are managed by the Chinese.