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In 1912, during the Banana Wars period, the U.S. occupied Nicaragua as a means of protecting American business interests and protecting the rights that Nicaragua granted to the United States to construct a canal there. [57] At the same time, the United States and Mexican governments competed for political influence in Central America.
Since the 19th century, the United States government has participated and interfered, both overtly and covertly, in the replacement of many foreign governments. In the latter half of the 19th century, the U.S. government initiated actions for regime change mainly in Latin America and the southwest Pacific, including the Spanish–American and Philippine–American wars.
The banana wars: United States intervention in the Caribbean, 1898–1934 (Rowman & Littlefield, 2001). Long, Tom. Latin America Confronts the United States: Asymmetry and Influence (Cambridge University Press, 2015). online
The United States government has been involved in numerous interventions in foreign countries throughout its history. The U.S. has engaged in nearly 400 military interventions between 1776 and 2023, with half of these operations occurring since 1950 and over 25% occurring in the post-Cold War period. [1]
On October 25 1983 the United States invaded Grenada to remove left-wing leader Hudson Austin, who had deposed Maurice Bishop nine days earlier on October 16. Bishop was executed three days later on the 19th. [61] The United States maintains a naval military base in Cuba at Guantanamo Bay. The base is one of five unified commands whose "area of ...
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Theodore Roosevelt's Big Stick policy and bully pulpit tactics, asserting American dominance over the Caribbean region. Since the establishment of the United States, international relations have been politically important in securing the nation’s developed democracy and influential power. With Latin America in closest proximity to the US, the ...
Royal Caribbean paused voyages to Labadee for seven months in 2024. But some of its larger ships have since returned — despite the country remaining at the State Department's most severe "Level ...