How did goals differ from those of the countries on mainland Europe?

- Promote trade and investment

- Protect American military and commercial interests

- Promote stability and order

- Reduce European influence

- Spread democracy and human rights

European countries on the other hand had additional motives including:

- Colonization: Many European countries actively pursued colonial expansion in Latin America, seeking to establish colonies and expand their empires.

- Resource extraction: European powers were interested in exploiting the abundant natural resources of Latin America, such as gold, silver, sugar, and rubber, to fuel their own economic development.

- Spreading Catholicism: As most European countries were predominantly Catholic, they aimed to spread Catholicism and convert the indigenous population of Latin America to Christianity.