Catalyst for the Roosevelt Corollary: Arbitrating the 1902–1903 Venezuela Crisis and Its Impact on the Development of the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine

2009/11/02 by Matthias Maass · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America #American Constitutional Law and Politics #Politics and Society in Latin America

paper · doi:10.1080/09592290903293738

openalex publication_date 2009/11/02 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29

Abstract

The “Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine of 1904/05” constitutes a landmark in United States foreign policy. However, the 1902/03 Venezuela Crisis—in particular, the arbitration process between the South American country and Germany, Great Britain, and Italy that settled the crisis—led to President Theodore Roosevelt's decision to amend the Monroe Doctrine. The arbitrational award was an important impetus for the corollary because its decision appeared to encourage future European interventions in the western hemisphere. The Roosevelt Corollary was needed to prevent a situation similar to the 1902/03 Venezuela Crisis from occurring again. Strategically speaking, Roosevelt felt the corollary was necessary to uphold the Monroe Doctrine under new circumstances.

Cited by

• Germany–United States relations [wikipedia]

Related

• Sectoral conflict and foreign economic policy, 1914–1940
• Theodore Roosevelt and the Bureau of Corporation: Executive-Corporate Cooperation and the Advancement of the Regulatory State
• Reluctant Liberator: Theodore Roosevelt's Philosophy of Self‐Government and Preparation for Philippine Independence
• The Truman Administration and Bolivia: Making the World Safe for Liberal Constitutional Oligarchy
• Pre-war Post-war Planning: The Phoney War, the Roosevelt Administration, and the Case of the Advisory Committee on Problems of Foreign Relations