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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
Whatever happened to the Monroe Doctrine? NO EUROPEAN CONTROL IN THIS HEMISPHERE! 
Definitely just kidding, but it is an interesting question.  |
You are referring to Manifest Destiny?
I believe that only applied to continental US (what we call the lower 48)
at that time France, Spain and England held claims in the N American new world.
An excuse to whack indians. But I digress.
South America has always been an interesting location, due to the attention given to them, and how much they hate us.
The Mexican cartels have more power than the USA in south America, than the gringos do.
MS13 gang. worth a googling.