Describe and analyze the nature of U.S. involvement in the Caribbean from 1898 to the present.
What will be an ideal response?
The American involvement in the Caribbean has often taken on an imperial and aggressive nature. U.S. involvement began in 1898 with the American victory in the Spanish-American War which saw the United States gain control of Puerto Rico and control Cuban affairs for the first half of the 20th century. U.S. troops also occupied the Dominican Republic and Haiti during various parts of the 20th century. The United States invaded Grenada in 1983 to prevent a communist-style government friendly to Havana from emerging. American imperialism continues today with the U.S. military's military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Business interests, often to the detriment of democratic principles, have characterized U.S. involvement.
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