Abstract

CORREA R, Juan Santiago. Colombia and the Monroe Doctrine: The Case of the Panana Railroad and U.S. interventions in the Isthmus. memorias [online]. 2014, n.22, pp.107-132. ISSN 1794-8886.

Abstract The construction and operation of the Panama Railroad was one of the most successful processes of foreign investment in Latin America during the nineteenth century. This railway, built to overcome the difficulties of navigation between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, makes evident the deployment of the Monroe Doctrine in Latin America and the Caribbean, the relationship between the interests of localities and international powers, and how the concept of nation was defined in the nineteenth century.

Keywords : Railways Colombia; foreign investment; Colombian economic history; Monroe Doctrine; Panama.

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