What trend did Roosevelt hope to break by passing the Roosevelt Corollary?

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The Roosevelt Corollary was an addition to the Monroe Doctrine articulated by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1904, after the Venezuela Crisis of 1902–1903. Its purpose was to prevent European countries from using the default on loans by Latin American countries as a pretext for military intervention. Roosevelt's policy asserted that the United States would intervene in financial disputes between European and Latin American countries to enforce legitimate claims of the European powers, rather than allowing the Europeans to press their claims directly.

What Trend Did Roosevelt Hope to Break by Passing the Roosevelt