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Cuba-Under teh platt Amendment US gains control over aspects of the independent republicos cuba it bacame aprotectorate,Cuba could not make treaties with otherforeigh nations allowed US naval bases asnecessary,and gave the US the power to intervene incuba affairs.
What happened in 1959 that caused people from Cuba immigrate to the USA
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Latin American Countries
The Teller Amendment stated that the United States would not, under any circumstances, obtain juristiction over Cuba ( it was created to prevent us from forging a Latin American Empire ). The Platt Amendment, meanwhile, was created to make sure that the lives of Americans lost in the Spanish-American War were not wasted: it gave us the authority to intervene in Cuban affairs in order to protect our own interests - it also gave us land in Guantanimo Bay with which to build a naval base.