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2. Trump's and Rubio's current version of the Platt Amendment, allowing the U.S. to militarily intervene in the Caribbean.
Sat Sep 6, 2025, 10:39 AM
Sep 2025

The Platt Amendment, introduced by Senator Orville Platt (R-Connecticut) in 1901, gave the United States the right to intervene militarily "for the preservation of Cuban independence, the maintenance of a government adequate for the protection of life, property, and individual liberty (American corporate interest$)." As a direct result of this law, the United States intervened militarily in the Caribbean dozens of times in the early 20th century alone, including occupations of Cuba, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and Nicaragua.

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