Why Didn't Great Britain Support the Rest of the European

Why didn't Great Britain support the rest of the European continent in their Latin American policies?

A) Independent Latin American countries offered better economic opportunities for British products.
B) Great Britain didn't want to lose its colonies in Africa, so it opposed any independent colonies in Latin America.
C) Great Britain hoped to re-colonize most of the Latin American nations once the Spanish and Portuguese were kicked out.
D) Great Britain had learned that colonial wars were expensive and impossible to win.
E) Great Britain respected Latin American nations' rights.