Face2Face Africa Help us remain independent and free with as little as $6. Contribute Search Nii Ntreh Jan 13, 2021 at 04:00pm Nii Ntreh | Associate Editor Full bio Recent articles Nii Ntreh is interested in academic philosophy with specific attention to moral, social and political topics. Having taught philosophy at the University of Cape Coast for a while, Nii finds in new media, a more potent way to reach many with his passion of breaking down complexities. The territorial dispute between Venezuela and Guyana goes back to 1899. Photo Credit: Bram Ebus for the International Crisis Group At the beginning of the 19th century, the American foreign policy known as the Monroe Doctrine proved to be an elixir for the sovereign ambitions of newly-found countries in South America which were previously under colonial administrations of European empires.