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The history of the states of the Caribbean area between 1900 and 1930 was dominated by three factors. These were the emergence of the United States, the disintegration and reintegration of Mexico, and the disruptive effects of the emergence of two new Latin American countries, Cuba and Panama.
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Calvert, P. (1969). Land and Liberty. In: Latin America: Internal Conflict and International Peace. The Making of the Twentieth Century. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15305-3_3
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