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The Roosevelt corollary claimed that the united states. Had the right to intervene in Latin America (novanet)
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Theodore Roosevelt's Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine held that the United States had a right to intervene in Latin American affairs. It considered the United States a police power of sorts, and saw Latin America as a way to expand America's economic interests.
To declare U.S. rights to intervene in Latin America
President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared the right of the United States to intervene in Latin America in his 1904 corollary to the Monroe Doctrine. This corollary, known as the Roosevelt Corollary, expanded on the original Monroe Doctrine and asserted the US's authority to intervene in Latin American countries to preserve stability and protect its interests.
The United States can intervene in Latin America, but European nations are forbidden from military intervention or economic coercion in South and Central America.
# United States should intervene when necessary to protect its interests in Latin America # United States should intervene when necessary to protect its interests in Latin America
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As much as Brazil or Mexico could intervene to change the US Government if its policies don't fit their schemes (i.e: a resounding NO).
Two reasons:Economic interests, such as safeguarding continuous production and transport of raw materials from Latin America into the continental US. These include oil, copper or fruits.Ideological reasons, such as the Cold War.
The Roosevelt Corollary was an addition to the Monroe Doctrine. It stated that no European countries were allowed to intervene in Latin American affairs. The only way that the U.S was allowed to become involved was if the affairs or European countries was threatened. The United States could exercise police power in Latin America. The United States was the only country allowed to interfere with Latin American countries.
The United States reserved the right to intervene in the affairs of Central America and Caribbean