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Its Natural Resources, such as:

  • Tropical fruits - Panama, Costa Rica
  • Oil - Mexico, Venezuela
  • Copper - Chile
  • Silver - Peru
  • Gold - Guatemala
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Q: What did the US want in Latin America?
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Why did the US want to keep Europe out of Latin America?

James Monroe wanted to keep the Europeans out of Latin America so that no one would have a foothold to attack the US.


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How did the Monroe Doctrine serve the interests of the US instead of Latin America or the Caribbean?

In my eyes it is simple, the U.S. did not want the British to colonize Latin America, they wanted to do it themselves. The Monroe Doctrine was just a way of saying, "listen, you can colonize Africa and all the small European nations, but leave Latin America to us. Latin America depended on the U.S. so we were just another step closer to weaseling our way into their resources and people.


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