The US and Latin America

US Global Investments and Investments in Latin America 1914

Theodore Roosevelt • Big Stick Diplomacy

– Enforce the Monroe Doctrine

– Attempt negotiations

– Use force if necessary

– Protect and promote US business interests

• Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine

• Panama Canal

– Attempts to negotiate with Colombia to get control of the Canal Zone

– Sends navy ships to Panama to support Panama’s revolution against Colombia

– After Panama’s independence negotiates with THEM for use for the Canal Zone

Panama Canal

TR in Panama (Construction begins in 1904)

The Roosevelt Corollary

William Howard Taft

• Dollar Diplomacy

– Enforce the Monroe Doctrine

– Replace European loans with American loans

– Economic ties will promote friendly relations

– Use force when necessary

– Protect and promote US business interests

Woodrow Wilson • Missionary Diplomacy

– Enforce the Monroe Doctrine

– Democratic governments will promote friendly relations

– Use force when necessary to ensure stability

– Promote and protect US business interests

• Intervention in Haiti

• Intervention in Mexican Revolution

– Pancho Villa

– John J. Pershing

US Interventions in Latin America