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| Mon·roe doc·trine |
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U.S. foreign policy statement: the political principle, as stated by President James Monroe in 1823, that Europe should no longer involve itself in the American continent by exerting influence. The policy was part of the U.S. recognition of the independence of several Latin American countries.
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