Latin America Foreign Policy

It is not possible to classify Latin America as a homogeneous block. Despite sharing several aspects such as culture, language and history, there is no standard culture to distinguish this area. Regarding foreign policy, one aspect of Latin American culture is the norm that universally respects sovereignty and noninterference. There is a strong tendency to abide by international law as a means to prevent war or at least offset potential interventions for out of territorial power.

In the 1920s, the policy of the United States in Latin America was similar to that of other countries in several respects. This is a change from one period to another, that is, the era of exercise. Many Americans want to obey traditional foreign policy of the past. They tried to separate them from the conflicts of the world. But the United States can no longer be separated from events of the world. This will be clarified in the future. Europe will face radicalism and war. The Soviet Union will become even stronger. Latin America will become more self-reliant. America is a great country in the world. However, still in the 1920s I led a part of this power.

Brazilian foreign policy is a unique position of the country as a major country of Latin America, a leader of a developing country, and a byproduct of emerging global power. Brazilian foreign policy is generally based on multilateralism, a peaceful settlement of conflict and no interference to other issues. An increasingly sophisticated tool for Brazilian foreign policy is to provide assistance as a donor to other developing countries. Brazil not only provides financial support using growing economic strength but also provides highly qualified expertise and most importantly provides quiet and confrontational diplomacy to improve governance . Estimated total annual assistance amount is about 1 billion dollars.

According to Boersner (1996), President of Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909) and William Howard Taft (1909-1913) was defined by implementing a special foreign policy for Latin America. The first one is based on the Big Stick policy where dollar diplomacy continues. Both reflect the rise of American interest in Caribbean countries - intervention and control over social construction (Boersner, 1996). Thus, the 20 th century witnessed America's new colonial rule in most of Latin America. For example, Haiti is obliged to conclude an agreement to make it a protectorate of the United States. After the death of Benito Juarez, the new Mexican president Porphyriodias will soon become an informal ally of the United States and its interests.