The Roosevelt Corollary claimed for the United States the right to exercise an international police power in the Western Hemisphere.

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The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, articulated by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1904, asserted the right of the United States to intervene in the affairs of Latin American countries to stabilize their economic affairs and act as an international police power, preventing European intervention in the Western Hemisphere.

The Roosevelt Corollary Claimed for the United States the Right