“In 1904 Roosevelt pronounced what has come to be known as the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine. It mandated that any nation engaged in “chronic wrong-doing” – that is, did anything to threaten perceived US economic or political interests – would be disciplined militarily by the United States, which was to serve as an “international police power.”8.”

“In 1904 Roosevelt pronounced what has come to be known as the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine. It mandated that any nation engaged in “chronic wrong-doing” – that is, did anything to threaten perceived US economic or political interests – would be disciplined militarily by the United States, which was to serve as an “international police power.”8.”

— Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz