What is the message to latin america from the monroe doctrine?

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Originally Posted by merickia

what is the message to latin america from the monroe doctrine?

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That the United States would not permit any foreign or European colonization efforts or intervention in Latin American internal afairs. The following website provides additional information.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroe_Doctrine

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Originally Posted by Starman

That the United States would not permit any foreign or European colonization efforts or intervention in Latin American internal afairs. The following website provides additional information.

Monroe Doctrine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Yup. My US history teacher always said that monroe was basically telling everyone that America is not open for invasion, and that everyone can stay out.:)