2 März 1901 Jahr - Platt Amendment
Beschreibung:
-defined terms of US-Cuba relations: unequal relationship, with US dominance over Cuba
-gave USA the right to military intervention whenever it wanted
-elections rigged in favour of candidates supported by USA
-USA dominated Cuban economy (trade + corporations)
-politicians that didn't support US economic policies unable to gain power/removed - only surviving governments were corrupt
-consequences: anti-Americanism, & idea that only force could achieve political + socioeconomic change in Cuba
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