The Good Neighbor Policy, c1933

"In the field of world policy I would dedicate this nation to the policy of the good neighbor--the neighbor who resolutely respects himself and, because he does so, respects the rights of others." -- FDR.   Pan-Americanism was a divergence from the Imperialism seen in the early 1900s. Although FDR had many economic interests in mind, this policy hoped to mitigate fuming ultra-nationalist and anti-US movements within Latin America. No longer would the US rule with the Big Stick in Latin America.