US domination of Central America has been nearly unchallenged for two centuries

Evidence

Foreigners have long exercised enormous power in Honduras and the rest of Central America. U.S. domination in the region has been virtually unchallenged for almost two hundred years, ever since President James Monroe’s 1823 doctrine proclaimed “the American continents … are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.” At the beginning of the twentieth century, President William Taft was more direct about U.S. intentions when he said, “The day is not far distant when … the whole hemisphere will be ours in fact as, by virtue of our superiority as a race, it already is ours morally.” — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 275

Categorization

• QUESTION: Taft’s ‘superiority as a race’ language — worth chasing how openly racist justifications framed US hemispheric policy and whether any was disavowed.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 275
• XREF: connects to: The US has repeatedly intervened militarily across Latin America for two centuries — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 276; Central American wars from U.S. involvement killed hundreds of thousands — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 293; Current Central American migration is partly blowback from decades of U.S. military support — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 314 (+3 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: The US has repeatedly intervened militarily across Latin America for two centuries — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 276; Central American wars from U.S. involvement killed hundreds of thousands — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 293; Current Central American migration is partly blowback from decades of U.S. military support — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 314 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• The US has repeatedly intervened militarily across Latin America for two centuries #expands (0.93) — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 276