The United has had policies towards Latin America of the years. These policies were made to benefit America in many ways.We tried to protect and have good relations because America benefits from Latin America. We used policies to gain resources from Latin America. The foreign policies we used to benefit from Latin America were to establish the Panama Canal, the Roosevelt Corollary, and The Good Neighbor policy. The Panama Canal is an important because it had resources that the U.S. could benefit from. The Panama Canal was built by the U.S. because the people of Panama wanted independence from Colombia. But the U.S. saw an easier way of transportation that can benefit from traveling and trading wise. It also reduced shipping cost and
