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During the early 1900s, how did MOST Latin Americans feel about United States involvement in Central and South America?

O Relieved the United States was providing much-needed protection
O Nervous, the United States made repeated threats to annex parts of South America
Resentful; the United States was making unwelcome policy decisions for the region.
Happy: United States cotton investments would help the Latin American economy

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After the Spanish–American War in 1898 the United States strengthened its power in the Caribbean by annexing Puerto Rico, declaring Cuba a virtual protectorate in the Platt Amendment (1901), and manipulating Colombia into granting independence to Panama (1904), which in turn invited the United States to buildAnswer:

Explanation here u go

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