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1932 › Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) › Policy toward Latin America and the Western Hemisphere
Non-interference in other nations' affairs and cooperation with Western Hemisphere nations
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Solution
No interference in the internal affairs of other nations; cooperate with the nations of the Western Hemisphere to maintain "the spirit of the Monroe Doctrine" (i.e., collectively rather than unilaterally).
Rationale
Reaction against the interventions of the 1910s–20s (Nicaragua, Haiti); precursor of the Good Neighbor policy.
Position chain: The Good Neighbor: no armed intervention, no territorial expansion, reduction of armaments
Statements (2)
no interference in the internal affairs of other nations
That admirable document, the platform which you have adopted, is clear. I accept it 100 percent.
Blanket endorsement of every plank.
Follow-through
kept
At Montevideo (December 1933) the United States accepted the non-intervention resolution; the Marines left Haiti in August 1934; the Platt Amendment was abrogated in May 1934 — the Good Neighbor policy, building on Hoover's withdrawals.
Mechanisms
| Date | Type | Name | Effect | Consistent? | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933-12-26 | treaty | Montevideo Convention non-intervention resolution | US supported the declaration that no state may intervene in another's affairs. | yes | Franklin D. Roosevelt: Foreign Affairs | Miller Center |
| 1934-05-29 | treaty | Abrogation of the Platt Amendment | yes | Franklin D. Roosevelt: Foreign Affairs | Miller Center |
Assessments
Troops withdrawn, Platt Amendment abrogated, non-intervention endorsed.
But under FDR's watch, the last American troops withdrew from the Caribbean, and the United States abrogated the Platt Amendment, wherein the government of Cuba had pledged to recognize the right of the United States to intervene in its country.
Continuity with Hoover's policy rather than a departure.
In actuality, Hoover began the "Good Neighbor" initiative and Roosevelt merely followed his predecessor's course.
Other positions on this issue
- Withdraw the Marines from Nicaragua after the 1932 election and from Haiti under the Forbes Commission plan; 'no imperialistic ambitions' — Herbert Hoover, 1932 specific_pledge
- The Good Neighbor: no armed intervention, no territorial expansion, reduction of armaments — Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 directional_stance
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