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Monroe Doctrine, the
     
Monroe Doctrine, the
the idea, stated in a speech by President James Monroe in 1823, that countries of Europe should not get involved in the affairs of the countries of North and South America, and, in exchange for this, the US would not get involved in European affairs
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