If I was one of his advisors I would tell him to make programs that would help lift America out of the great depression because at that time people were looking at Hoover for help but he didn't provide the people with what they needed. Hence why Franklin D. Roosevelt won the election by a landslide in votes.
Although most of Latin America was colonized by Spain, the countries of Portugal and France also had major influences on the region. Due to war and disease, native populations were decimated.