Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Babban shirin manufofin kasashen waje na Amurka shi ne Manufofin Kyakkyawan Makwabta, wanda ya kasance wani motsi zuwa ga manufofin Amurka da ba a shiga tsakani ba a Latin Amurka. Tun daga shekarun 1890 Amurkawa sun ga wannan yankin a matsayin yankin Amurka na tasiri. An janye sojojin Amurka
daga Haiti, da sabbin yarjejeniyoyi da Cuba da Panama sun kawo karshen matsayin su na masu kare Amurka. A watan Disamba na shekara ta 1933, Roosevelt ya rattaba hannu kan Yarjejeniyar Montevideo kan Hakkoki da Ayyukan Jihohi, yana watsi da haƙƙin shiga tsakani a cikin harkokin ƙasashen Latin Amurka. Amurka ta soke gyaran Platt, ta 'yantar da Cuba daga sa baki na doka da na hukuma daga Amurka.