La Doctrina Monroe y la estrategia comercial estadounidense en América Latina de finales del siglo XIX

James Monroe's 1823 address had a profound impact on U.S. foreign policy for over a century.During the 1880s, the Monroe Doctrine was reinterpreted to legitimize commercial expansion in Latin America, based on three pillars: preventing European -especially British-interference; opening new markets; and improving the perception of the United States in the region.This article examines how this strategy took shape through propagandistic rhetoric, the modernization of transportation and communication networks, and diplomatic actions, all articulated as instruments to legitimize U.S. foreign policy and supported by the ideas of figures such as James Blaine and Alfred Mahan.It also analyzes Washington's role in the context of the War of the Pacific, showing how the Monroe Doctrine was used as an argument to seize the opportunity to strengthen the country's economic position in the region.The article concludes that, although the United States did not fully displace British influence during this period, it laid the groundwork for a more active and coordinated policy by the end of the nineteenth century.