Foreign Ministry: the search for “Moscow’s hands” in South American protests has become the “business card” of the United States

The Russian Foreign Ministry published a comment by Zakharova in connection with the discussion by representatives of the US administration and Congress of the intervention of third countries, including Russia, in anti-government protests in several Latin American countries.

“The reflex desire to seek the root of all the“ troubles and hardships ”in Russia, tirelessly come up with pretexts for new information wars, including“ appointing ”the Russian side to be involved in fomenting protests in the region, has become Washington’s“ calling card, ”the Russian representative noted MFA.

She stressed that Russia is watching with alarm the development of events in Haiti, Honduras, Peru, Ecuador and Chile, where rallies are held related to the internal problems of these countries.

Zakharova also assured that Russia is interested in a stable and politically stable Latin America for the development of mutually beneficial cooperation.

“You should not be surprised if soon the“ experts ”in Washington see the“ hand of Moscow ”as Latinos rejected ... the“ Monroe Doctrine ”, which for two centuries has been serving as the ideological base for the continued US interference in the affairs of the countries of this region,” she concluded.

Earlier, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said that Washington "pokes its nose" in Latin America.