What if America never issued the Monroe Doctrine?

It probably wouldn't be too much different. The Monroe Doctrine was a symbolic, feel-good, measure with little or no teeth at the time that JQ Adams formulated it, and it has been invoked only a mere handful of times. read more

George Bush did not invoke the Monroe Doctrine in 1989 in order to justify his intervention in Panama and the hunting down of the dictator Manuel Noriega, but the groundwork had been laid by Reagan. read more

During the Cold War, the Monroe Doctrine was applied to Latin America by the framers of U.S. foreign policy. When the Cuban Revolution (1953–1959) established a Communist government with ties to the Soviet Union, it was argued that the Monroe Doctrine should be invoked to prevent the spread of Soviet-backed Communism in Latin America. read more