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While the roots of the inter-American system go back to 1826, when Liberator Simón Bolivar called a meeting of eight nations in Panama to write a treaty for common defense and peaceful settlement of disputes among neighbors, the OAS dates its birth to the formation of the International Union of American Republics in 1890. Political family-hood, as Bolivar envisioned it, did not arrive until 1947, when a new generation of defense-minded Americans, meeting in Rio de Janeiro, drew up a treaty for mutual protection against aggression. In 1948 in Bogota, they agreed on a charter...
...between-wars Germany have voted themselves into the hands of authoritarians, not a single nation has ever freely voted to turn itself over to Communism. "It is a terrible truth that it costs more strength to maintain freedom than to endure the weight of tyranny," wrote Simón Bolivar. That is probably still true. But times and attitudes have changed immeasurably, and it is possible that in a modernizing, prospering world, there ultimately will be more people with more strength to keep their countries safe for democracy...
Friendly Aloofness. Apart from a possible lobster truce, the tangible re sults of De Gaulle's peregrinations were far from impressive. The general gave vague promises of technical aid and increased trade. He flattered South American self-esteem with lofty references to Bolivar, San Martín and Sucre, and in turn was feted with speeches filled with mentions of Pascal, Racine, Montesquieu, Rousseau and Jeanne d'Arc. He entertained the rich and wellborn at receptions, and nodded and waved with friendly but aloof dignity to the huge crowds that jammed the streets and the squares...
...Language of Bolivar. As Charles de Gaulle set out this week on his strenuous, 18,000-mile South American tour, little had been left to chance. With him went more than 50 prepared speeches, dozens of signed, framed photographs, a handful of oil paintings for especially honored hosts, scores of Sevres porcelain souvenirs, two physicians, six security men, a planeload of eager newspaper and television reporters, and his shy, self-effacing wife Yvonne, who was bringing along a special wardrobe by Jacques Heim...
...France's decline as an international power during and after World War II. De Gaulle was clearly avoiding direct conflict with U.S. influence in Latin America, but he was not forgoing the chance to preach his favorite sermon of renewed nationalism. "I will simply employ the language of Bolivar," he explained, meaning that his main theme would be national independence and "self-liberation...