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  • Banana Wars

    The Banana Wars consist or are a series of wars where the U.S. invading and occupied various Caribbean and Central American countries. Spanish-American War Occupation of Nicaragua , 1912-1933 (21 years). First occupation, 1912-1925. Second occupation, 1926-1933. Depression marks U.S. troop withdrawals, 1933. Occupation of Veracruz, Mexico , 1914 (see Border War (1910-1919)) Occupation...

  • Haiti - 20th century

    century==In January 1914, British, German and U.S. military forces entered Haiti, ostensibly to protect their citizens from civil unrest at the time.[75] In an expression of the Theodore Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, the United States occupied the island in 1915. U.S. Marines were stationed in the country until 1934, a period of nineteen years.Sisal was introduced to Haiti, and su...