Editing Good Neighbor policy (section)

{{Short description|Franklin Roosevelt policy towards Latin America}}
{{other uses|Good Neighbor policy (disambiguation)}}
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[[File:Vargas e Roosevelt.jpg|300px|thumb|Brazilian President [[Getúlio Vargas]] (left) and US President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] (right) in 1936]]

The '''Good Neighbor policy''' ({{Langx|es|Política de buena vecindad}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.puzzledelahistoria.com/?p=27628|title=Política de buena vecindad fue una iniciativa política creada y presentada por la administración del gobierno de estadounidense|date=30 November 2001}}</ref> {{Langx|pt|Política da Boa Vizinhança}}) was the [[foreign policy]] of the administration of [[United States]] President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] towards [[Latin America]]. Although the policy was implemented by the Roosevelt administration, President [[Woodrow Wilson]] had previously used the term, but subsequently went on to [[United States involvement in the Mexican Revolution|justify U.S. involvement in the Mexican Revolution]] and [[occupation of Haiti]]. Senator [[Henry Clay]] had coined the term ''Good Neighbor'' in the previous century. President [[Herbert Hoover]] turned against interventionism and developed policies that Roosevelt perfected.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=McPherson |first1=Alan |title=Herbert Hoover, Occupation Withdrawal, and the Good Neighbor Policy: the Good Neighbor Policy |journal=Presidential Studies Quarterly |date=2014 |volume=44 |issue=4 |pages=623–639 |doi=10.1111/psq.12153}}</ref>

The policy's main principle was that of [[non-intervention]] and non-interference in the domestic affairs of [[Latin America]]. It also reinforced the idea that the [[United States]] would be a "good neighbor" and engage in reciprocal exchanges with [[Latin Americans|Latin American]] countries.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Rabe |first=Stephen G |author-link=Stephen G. Rabe |year=2006 |title=The Johnson Doctrine |journal=Presidential Studies Quarterly |volume=36 |issue=1 |issn=1741-5705 |pages=45–58|doi=10.1111/j.1741-5705.2006.00286.x }}</ref> Overall, the Roosevelt administration expected that this new policy would create new economic opportunities in the form of reciprocal trade agreements and reassert the influence of the [[United States]] in [[Latin America]]; however, many [[Latin American]] governments were not convinced<ref name=Gilderhus>{{cite journal |last=Gilderhus |first=Mark T |year=2006 |title=The Monroe Doctrine: Meanings and Implications |journal=Presidential Studies Quarterly |volume=36 |issue=1 |issn=1741-5705 |pages=5–16 |doi=10.1111/j.1741-5705.2006.00282.x}}</ref>