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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.
United States forces, together with the United Kingdom and Soviet Union, were also instrumental in collapsing Adolf Hitler's government in Germany and deposing Benito Mussolini in Italy. In the end of World War II, the U.S. government struggled with the Soviet Union for global leadership, influence and security within the context of the Cold War.
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
As an arm of the economic and political network of the Americas, the influence of the United States stretches beyond a military context. In economic terms, the United States represents a key market for the export of Caribbean goods. Notably, this is a recent historical trend.
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]
Confronting Black Jacobins: The US, the Haitian Revolution, and the Origins of the Dominican Republic (NYU Press, 2015). Motel, Seth, and Eileen Patten. "Hispanics of Dominican origin in the United States, 2010." (Pew Research Hispanic Trends Project, 2012) online. Munro, Dana G. The United States and the Caribbean Republics, 1921–1933 (1974 ...
Upon returning to office, Trump threatened to take control of the Panama Canal, built by the United States in the early 20th century and handed over to Panama in 1999, claiming the canal is being ...
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 ...