Answer:
United States legitimize its position for intervention in the affairs of Latin American nations.
Explanation:
President Roosevelt views that Latin America was vulnerable to European attack and as per the Monroe Doctrine (1823) allowed the United States to serve as a police force at an international level. It has been used to justify US actions in Cuba, Panama, and other countries in Latin America. In the twentieth century, Latin American countries witnessed over 35 invasions of the U.S forces aimed creating an undisputed area of control throughout the western hemisphere.
This question is incomplete because the options are missing. Here are the options:
A. Aggressive
B. Colonial
C. Belligerent
D. Defensive
The United States was in a defensive position toward Latin America based on the Moroe Doctrine and Roosevelt Corollary.
The Monroe Doctrine was a foreign policy of the United States raised in 1823 that established that any intervention by Europeans in America would be seen as an act of aggression that would require the defensive intervention of the United States of America.
Later, in 1904, the Roosevelt corollary was proposed, a reform of the Monroe Doctrine that considered Latin America and the Caribbean as territory to expand the commercial interests of the United States in the region to maintain European hegemony outside the hemisphere.
According to the above, the correct answer is D. because it posed a defensive position against European interventions in America.
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