Word: carribean
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...there could be none. Venezuela is 2,000 miles from New Orleans. The Rio Grande of the South and the Sao Francisco of Brazil are twice as far from the United States, as are the rivers Elbe and Weiser of Germany. The interests of the United States in the Carribean Sea are safely protected, for we hold the preponderant positions of Cuba and Porto Rico. Therefore the gentleman's argument of danger to the United States is not well founded...