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The historiography of the Monroe Doctrine has tended to concentrate on nineteenth century interpretations, as proposed by U.S. politicians. More importantly, Latin American interpretations of the doctrine have been overlooked. This article explores the hemispheric intellectual history of the doctrine in the U.S., Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay, examining its re-interpretation by Latin American jurists and politicians, such as Luis María Drago, Alejandro Álvarez and Baltasar Brum, and the reactions it provoked in the U.S. in the context of the emergence of the modern version of Pan-Americanism (1889) and a continental approach to international law. It argues that by re-interpreting the Monroe Doctrine as a Pan-American principle, these Latin American figures contributed in turn to redefining U.S. hemispheric hegemony along the lines of multilateralism and non-intervention. However, U.S. politicians and jurists were for the most part reluctant to renounce U.S. unilateral aspirations and interventionism on the continent until 1933.
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