The Monroe Doctrine was meant to protect the newly freed South American countries, once Spanish colonies. The corollary gave the United States justification to protect the Latin American countries from European countries seeking to reclaim debts. This is nearly the same to the South American protection the Monroe Doctrine was trying to explain the terms of their basic intentions, the Roosevelt Corollary was not different from the Monroe
The Monroe Doctrine was meant to protect the newly freed South American countries, once Spanish colonies. The corollary gave the United States justification to protect the Latin American countries from European countries seeking to reclaim debts. This is nearly the same to the South American protection the Monroe Doctrine was trying to explain the terms of their basic intentions, the Roosevelt Corollary was not different from the Monroe