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Caribbean Sea


Arm of the Atlantic Ocean, bordered by the West Indies to the north and east, South America to the south, and Central America to the west.	1
‡ Its clear blue waters make many of its islands popular vacation spots.	2
‡ Since announcing the Monroe Doctrine in 1823, the United States has considered the Caribbean within its “sphere of influence”—that is, a region where United States interests are directly affected. The policy has been to exclude foreign powers, though after 1959, Cuba came under strong influence of the Soviet Union.	3

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

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