<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ekuqaleni kwaleli khulu leminyaka, i-United States yaqhubeka nesimo sayo sokungenela, esasihlose ukuvikela izintshisekelo zayo ngokuqondile esifundeni. Lokhu kwachazwa ngokusemthethweni eMfundisweni kaTheodore Roosevelt ethi Big Stick Doctrine, eyashintsha iMonroe Doctrine endala, eyayimane ihlose ukuvimbela ukungenelela kwaseYurophu engxenyeni yomhlaba. Ekupheleni kwempi yaseSpain neMelika uhulumeni omusha waseCuba kanye ne-United States basayina i-Platt Amendment ngo-1902, eyagunyaza i-United States ukuba ingenelele ezindabeni zaseCuba lapho i-United States ibona kunesidingo. EColombia, i-United States yafuna ukunikezwa  <response>: insimu yasePanama ukuze kwakhiwe umsele owawulindelwe kakhulu onqamula i-isthmus. Uhulumeni waseColombia wawuphikisana nalokhu, kodwa ukuvukela kwasePanama kwanikeza iUnited States ithuba. I - United States yasekela ukuzimela kwePanama futhi lesi sizwe esisha sanikeza leli lungelo. Lena kwakungeyona ukuphela kokungenela okwenziwe i - United States kule ndawo. Emashumini okuqala eminyaka yekhulu lama-20, kwaba nokuhlasela kwamasosha amaningana eMelika Ephakathi naseCaribbean, ikakhulukazi ekuvikeleni izithakazelo zezohwebo, ezaziwa ngokuthi iMpi YeBhanana. 