<Li> 1904: When European governments began to use force to pressure Latin American countries to repay their debts, Theodore Roosevelt announced his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the United States would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable . </Li> <Li> 1906 to 1909: U.S. governed Cuba under Governor Charles Magoon . </Li> <Li> 1909: U.S. - backed rebels in Nicaragua depose President José Santos Zelaya . </Li> <Li> 1912 to 1933 United States occupation of Nicaragua: Marines occupied main cities . Their purpose was to provide stabilization to the government . There was a period of a few months between 1925 and 1926 when the Marines left but were back for the same reason . </Li>

Us intervention in the internal affairs of other countries