Let's face it, back in the days when the "Monroe Doctrine" was our foreign policy, we would have intervened! Yeah..., we were considered the "Bully from the North" but, we "usually" stabilized chaotic situations!
And not to mention our ‘bullying’ was ten thousand times better than what passed for self-rule, especially for the average Rico or Rosita. Our POVERTY LINE is middle class or better in their nations, for pete’s sake!
For that matter look at every single African and South American nation the colonial powers once ruled. Totally. Dirt. Frigging. Poor. And when they’re not going through another armed conflict of some sort they’re starving because they have 8 kids per family and food for 2.