Perceptions of Pan-Americanism: U.S.-Latin American Relations c. 1900-1945

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In light of the current shift in Latin American politics (the Pink Tide), this thesis looks to analyse the role of Pan-Americanism in U.S. foreign policy in the first half of the 20th century. It argues that rather than possessing a genuine belief in the principles of Pan-Americanism, U.S. leaders (namely Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt) used a Pan-American rhetoric to further the overarching policy goals of extending political and economic dominance over Latin America. It also argues that the American appropriation and misuse of the Pan-American movement in the 20th century is responsible for the current exclusion of the United States from new regional organisations such as CELAC, which are primarily designed to emancipate the Latin American states from U.S. guardianship. The thesis begins by offering an insight into the current political developments in Latin America and then gives a history of the Pan-American movement from its Bolivarian origins to the Americanisation of

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