The Roosevelt Corollary

This cartoon is talking about how the United States had the Monroe Doctrine put up a notch because the U.S. added the Roosevelt Corollary to it. The message the cartoonist is trying to portray in the cartoon is that the United States is protecting Latin America and “blocking” it from the European countries as shown when one of the European men were looking through the binoculars. Other people at that time like the Europeans would think that the United States  could be too obsessed with expanding protecting their interests in Latin America. Some of the techniques used in this cartoon to make it persuasive would be the labeling and the symbolism. First of all, the labeling technique comes from the Monroe Doctrine being spelled out each of the ships. This shows that the Roosevelt Corollary added to the Monroe Doctrine would protect Latin America because of the U.S. Navy ships that are shown on the cartoon. Also, it shows symbolism because of the American flags on each of the ships and the Statue of Liberty purposely put in the background. The Statue of Liberty in this case might  represent the fact that the United States is doing this because they are “protecting” Latin America from the intruders like the European countries. The United States believe it is the right thing to do and that is what the U.S. stands for, liberty. I believe that this cartoon supports my position on anti-imperialism because even though protecting Latin America from intruders might be a positive thing, but the United States using their forces and power to protect its interests is not very reasonable. For instance, other countries from the Europeans might already had some alliances and connection with Latin America and now the United States is cutting that off too and that would not be fair. This is why I believe that this cartoon supports my anti-imperialism position.

Rivera, Harry Franqui. "The Roosevelt Corollary." N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Feb. 2016. <http://www.latinorebels.com/2014/12/22/american-hubris-and-the-ill-conceived-cuban-embargo/>.