Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Ka ọ na-erule mmalite narị afọ, United States gara n'ihu na-etinye aka na ya, nke na-achọ ịgbachitere ọdịmma ya na mpaghara ahụ. E gosipụtara nke a n'ụzọ iwu kwadoro na Theodore Roosevelt's Big Stick Doctrine, nke gbanwere ochie Monroe Doctrine, nke bu n'obi nanị iji gbochie itinye aka na Europe na hemisphere. Mgbe Agha Spanish-American biri, gọọmentị ọhụrụ nke Cuba na United States bịanyere aka na Platt Amendment na 1902, nke nyere ikike ka United States tinye aka n'ihe omume Cuba mgbe United States chere na ọ dị mkpa. Na Colombia, United States chọrọ ka e nye ha ókèala dị na Panama
iji wuo ọwa mmiri a na-atụ anya ya nke ukwuu n'akụkụ isthmus. Gọọmenti Colombia megidere nke a, ma nnupụisi nke ndị Panama nyere United States ohere. United States kwadoro nnwere onwe Panama, mba ọhụrụ ahụ nyekwara ya ikike. Ihe ndị a abụghị nanị ihe ndị United States mere n'ógbè ahụ. N'ime iri afọ ndị mbụ nke narị afọ nke iri abụọ, e nwere ọtụtụ mwakpo ndị agha mere n'Ebe Etiti America na Caribbean, nke ka ukwuu iji chebe ọdịmma azụmahịa, nke a bịara mara dị ka "Agha Banana".