History 2501E Lecture : Latin America and the US
12 Mar 2012
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The u. s. and latin america in the 19th century. Latin america and the u. s. , 1820 1950 y. The roosevelt administration (1900 1908) y the roosevelt corollary (1901: problem with us sailors, 1881: tension between government in chile and us, valparaiso one of the ports in chile. us wants chilean government to apologize or chile is told to suffer the consequence: 1885: chile owed money with britain, germany, italy. threaten to invade and occupy chile: document based on monroe doctrine, states that us may not be able to warrant territory of latin american states that neglects to fulfill its international obligation. us will not invade if they do cause trouble, and chile s debt with britain will be ignored by us: the big stick y the panama canal (1903, 1948: us and mexican war. Interested in cutting a passage that would make transportation of goods easier.
