Good Neighbour policy

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The Good Neighbor policy was a U.S. foreign policy approach, primarily under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, that emphasized non-intervention and cooperation with Latin American countries during the 1930s and 1940s.

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instanceOf United States foreign policy
foreign policy doctrine
aimedAt countering Axis influence in the Western Hemisphere
improving relations with Latin American countries
reducing military intervention in Latin America
announcedBy President Franklin D. Roosevelt
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
announcedIn 1933 inaugural address
appliedDuring Roosevelt administration
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt presidency

early Harry S. Truman presidency
appliesToJurisdiction Caribbean
Latin America
corePrinciple cooperation
mutual respect for sovereignty
non-interference in domestic affairs of Latin American states
non-intervention
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticizedFor not fully ending U.S. economic dominance in the region
endedPracticeOf direct U.S. protectorates in Latin America
unilateral U.S. military interventions in Latin America
fieldOfWork diplomacy
international relations
followedPolicy Big Stick diplomacy
surface form: Big Stick policy

Dollar diplomacy
hasPart cultural diplomacy initiatives
economic cooperation programs
non-intervention pledge
implementedBy Roosevelt administration
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt administration

United States Department of State
inception 1933
influenced Inter-American Conference on Problems of War and Peace
surface form: Inter-American Conference for the Maintenance of Peace

Organization of American States
influencedBy economic considerations during the Great Depression
interwar isolationist sentiment in the United States
need for hemispheric solidarity before World War II
languageOfWorkOrName English
legalExpression Treaty of Relations between the United States and Cuba (1934)
surface form: 1934 Treaty of Relations with Cuba

1936 Panama Canal Treaty revision
Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States
abrogation of the Platt Amendment
various bilateral trade agreements with Latin American states
mainProponent President Franklin D. Roosevelt
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
notableSupporter Cordell Hull
replacedBy Cold War containment policy in Latin America
resultedIn greater Latin American support for the United States in World War II
strengthened Pan-Americanism
withdrawal of U.S. Marines from Haiti
withdrawal of U.S. Marines from Nicaragua
slogan Good Neighbor policy
surface form: Good Neighbor
timePeriod 1930s
1940s

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Good Neighbor policy hasAlternativeName Good Neighbour policy