拉丁美洲历来被美国政府视为天然势力范围,美国的拉美政策始终包含着防止非美洲国家对美洲事务的干涉,建立美国在西半球的霸权地位,把“美洲变成美国人的美洲”。这是美国在拉美地区追求的总目标,1823年美国提出的门罗主义就把这一总目标暗含其内,白此以后,这一总目标的内容基本未变,而且实现的手段日臻完善。“二战”后美国的 Latin America has always been regarded by the U.S. government as a natural sphere of influence. The U.S. policy on Latin America has always contained the task of preventing the non-American countries from interfering in the affairs of the United States, establishing the hegemony of the United States in the western hemisphere and turning “America into America in the Americas.” This is the general goal pursued by the United States in Latin America. Monroemarism proposed by the United States in 1823 implied this general goal. Since then, the overall goal has remained basically unchanged, and the means of realization have been perfected. After World War II America