The Good Neighbor Policy in Latin America – U.S. Non-Intervention in Action

In this episode of Mr. Hutchings History, we explore Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Good Neighbor Policy and its application across Latin America in the 1930s and 1940s. Learn how this transformative policy shifted U.S. foreign relations from military intervention to diplomacy and economic cooperation, redefining relationships with Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Panama, and Mexico. We’ll examine key events such as the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Haiti, the repeal of the Platt Amendment in Cuba, the Hull-Alfaro Treaty with Panama, and Roosevelt’s diplomatic resolution to Mexico’s nationalization of its oil industry. Discover how the U.S. navigated the Chaco War and balanced non-intervention with strategic interests in a region vital to its security during World War II. Join us as we analyze the policy’s successes, limitations, and its legacy in shaping U.S.-Latin American relations, with insights from various historiographical perspectives. #IBHistory #GoodNeighborPolicy #LatinAmericanRelations #USForeignPolicy #FDR #Haiti #Cuba #Mexico #Panama #Diplomacy #NonIntervention #WorldWarII #MonroeDoctrine #LatinAmericaHistory #HistoryPodcast #IBDPLecture Works Cited LaFeber, Walter. The American Age: U.S. Foreign Policy at Home and Abroad, 1750 to the Present. W.W. Norton & Co., 1994. Roosevelt, Franklin D. Inaugural Address, 1933. National Archives, 1933. Smith, Peter H. Talons of the Eagle: Latin America, the United States, and the World. Oxford UP, 2013. Wood, Bryce. The Dismantling of the Good Neighbor Policy. University of Texas Press, 1985.