The Good Neighbor Policy during the 1930s and 1940s was a policy of non-intervention between the United States and Latin America. This was an attempt by the United States to restore trust and economic relations with Latin America. The Good Neighbor Policy had the good intention of no longer intervening in Latin American policies and governments. During the 1930s, the Great Depression affected the United States and Latin American countries. After the stock market crash, the United States went through an economic depression which in turn would affect Latin America. President Franklin D. Roosevelt attempted to help rebuild Latin American economies through the Good Neighbor Policy. When President Franklin D. Roosevelt took office, he dedicated part of his foreign policy to a good neighbor policy. President Roosevelt realized that American intervention was both costly and ineffective. The Good Neighbor Policy aimed to create a better economic status for Latin American nations. Roosevelt withdrew his troops and financial advisors, while renouncing agreements that Latin Americans found abhorrent, such as the Platt Amendment. He also rejected the Roosevelt Corollary. These retractions gave some Latin Americans confidence in the United States and its good intentions. The question of non-intervention was discussed during the Convention on the Rights and Duties of States. The convention made all states legally equal and that no state had the right to intervene in the internal or external affairs of another state. Secretary Hull also set the condition 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 ...... This would be seen as a bluff on the part of the United States towards Latin Americans due to subsequent interventions in the and the 1960s. The United States may view this as an inevitable failure in its ability to cooperate with Latin America. In conclusion, the Good Neighbor Policy was a non-intervention policy that was intentionally good for Latin America. He had the right tools and incentives, but lacked overall commitment from future U.S. and Latin American presidents and politicians. Works Cited Coerver, Don M. and Linda B. Hall. Entangled Destiny: Latin America and the United States. Albuquerque: 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 Wages the Cold War in Latin America. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012.