Latin American Intervention - The Us

The mexican war led to the us. Conquest of what is to day a significant chunk of the western united states. The political calculus, unsurprisingly, was often economic, and the economic calculus political. Many of America's largest international corporations got their start in latin america as capitalists poured billions into the region. In 19 o three helping panama secede from columbia to build the canal. And then, quote, gunboats followed investment, such as when president teddy roosevelt in 19 o five forced a us Takeover of the dominican republic's customs house.