I believe your second sentence should end as, "has been about focusing on protecting American interests while leaving other [more powerful] countries alone." h

I believe your second sentence should end as, "has been about focusing on protecting American interests while leaving other [more powerful] countries alone." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_America%E2%80%93United_States_relations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_America%E2%80%93United_S... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_regime_change_in_Latin_America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_r...