Fdr Good Neighbor Policy

The Good Neighbor policy was an American foreign policy toward Latin America, which was created by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The policy was originally coined by Herbert Hoover but, announced by Roosevelt. FDR introduced this policy to the nation by saying “In the field of world policy I would dedicate this nation to the policy of the good neighbor—the neighbor who resolutely respects himself and, because he does so, respects the rights of others.” (CITE)The main ideas behind this foreign policy were non-intervention and non-interference. In other words, the United States promises to not intervening in the domestic affairs of Latin America. Most importantly, the new American foreign policy would not tolerate armed intervention.
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As soon as it is implemented, there is a shift ind diplomacy. President Roosevelt main goal was to focus on independent internationalism. To show that the United States could really be a good neighbor, FDR assigned Secretary of State Cordell Hull to the task of strengthening ties with Latin American countries. At the Montevideo Convention (Pan-American conferences in 1933, with the purpose of statehood), President FDR ordered Secretary of State Cordell Hull to strengthening ties with Latin American countries. Later, Secretary Hull officially announced the Good Neighbor Policy as one of non-intervention in Latin America. The United States demonstrated their commitment to being good neighbors who mind their own business by withdrawing US Marines from Haiti and Nicaragua. Moreover, FDR created more policies of immigration to the United States, especially from …show more content…
The nation was depth in the Great Depression. In 1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president. He immediately acted to address the issue the nation was facing with the Great Depression. President FDR knew that the best way he could solve the situation was by gaining the cooperation and trust of the Latin American countries. He publicly announced a new foreign policy.
The Good Neighbor Policy occurred between the 1930’s and 1940’s. It was a policy that promised non-intervention of the United States in Latin America. The United States’ attempted to regain trust and economic relations with Latin America. The Good Neighbor Policy had good intentions of no longer intervening with Latin American policies and governments. The United States repudiated all the privileges that Latin Americans abhorred. The United States gave up its right to intervene in the internal affairs of other nations.
President Roosevelt realized that U.S. intervention was both expensive and ineffective. The Good Neighbor Policy was to create a better economic status in the United States and Latin American nations. Roosevelt withdrew troops and financial advisors, along with relinquishing treaty agreements the Latin Americans found obnoxious such as the Platt Amendment. These retractions gave some Latin Americans trust in the United States and that their intentions were