The Good Neighbor Policy during the 1930s and 1940s was a policy of nonintervention between the United States and Latin America. This was the United States' attempt to regain trust and economic relations with Latin America. The Good Neighbor Policy had good intentions to no longer intervene in Latin American policies and governments. During the 1930s, the Great Depression hit the United States and Latin American nations. After the stock market crash the United States went through an economic depression which in turn affected Latin America. President Franklin D. Roosevelt tried to help restore Latin American economies with the Good Neighbor Policy. When President Franklin D. Roosevelt took office, he devoted part of his foreign policy to a good neighbor policy. President Roosevelt realized that U.S. intervention was costly and ineffective. The Good Neighbor Policy aimed to create a better economic status for Latin American nations. Roosevelt withdrew troops and financial advisors, as well as renounced treaty agreements that Latin Americans found odious, such as the Platt Amendment. He also repudiated the Roosevelt Corollary. These retractions gave some Latin Americans confidence in the United States and that their intentions were good. The issue of non-intervention was discussed during the Convention on the Rights and Duties of States. The convention enshrined all states as legally equal and no state had any right to intervene in the internal or external affairs of another state. Secretary Hull also stipulated that the renunciation of intervention be qualified by “generally recognized international law”. This would suggest that only countries legitimately recognized by the United States... middle of paper... Would be considered a bluff by the United States towards Latin Americans due to subsequent interventions in the 1950s. and the 60s. The United States may see an inevitable failure to cooperate with Latin America. To conclude, the Good Neighbor Policy was a non-intervention policy that was intentionally good for Latin America. It had the right tools and motivation, but lacked overall commitment from future presidents and politicians of both the United States and Latin America. Works Cited Coerver, Don M. and Linda B. Hall. Tangled destinies: Latin America and the United States. Albuquerque: The University of New Mexico Press, 1999. Holden, Robert H., and Eric Zolov. Latin America and the United States. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011.Rabe, Stephen G. The Killing Zone: The United States Wage the Cold War in Latin America. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012.