An analysis of seemingly imperialistic behavior by the United States in Latin America (late 1800's); was the US guided by economic or political incentive to intervene?

The interference of the United States in the Latin American countries of Cuba and Mexico was primarily motivated due to American desire towards economic expansion and resulted in the U.S. supporting revolutionary factions, helping overthrow governments and creating of dictatorships in Mexico while in Cuba the U.S. took a more active role, physically invading the country, instituting pro-American provisions in the Cuban constitution and forcing economic dependence. The support towards pro-American factions, due …

…that the United States would stagnate if it did not consolidate its position in Latin America" (33). The U.S. did more than consolidate their position. They attempted to control Latin America with an economic philosophy driving them along. Whether this philosophy in the long run succeeded in improving America is a story still unfolding, as our involvement still continues, especially Mexico. The past has affected the current and the future is still to be told.