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Compare And Contrast The Monroe Doctrine And Roosevelt Corollary

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The Monroe Doctrine and Roosevelt Corollary meant to ensure the Europe stayed out of North

and South America. While supporting the Monroe Doctrine, the Roosevelt Corollary meant to inform the world, that the US would maintain its interests in Latin America and could step in for any reason including debt, political instability and trade. Both the documents were intended to protect American interests and have served as the backbone for American foreign policy.

President Monroe issued the Monroe Doctrine as the independence movements of Latin America from Portugal and Spain were largely concluded. The purpose of the doctrine was to state that the United States would consider any intervention by any foreign power in North or South America to

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