<h2><em>[ The Latin American Independence Movement ] </em></h2>
[ Info : After three centuries of colonial rule, independence came rather suddenly to most of Spanish and Portuguese America. Between 1808 and 1826 all of Latin America except the Spanish colonies of Cuba and Puerto Rico slipped out of the hands of the Iberian powers who had ruled the region since the conquest ]
A. [ as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved ]
<em>B. [ not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers ]</em>
C. [ With the existing colonies or dependencies of any European power we have not interfered and shall not interfere ]
