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...Nonintervention is a keystone of the structure of the inter-American system," Mann told the Inter-American Press Association in San Diego, Calif...
This week two subsidiaries of Brazilian Traction Light & Power Co. will sign a $40 million loan agreement with the U.S. Agency for International Development as the first step in a fiveyear, $228 million program to double their service. The Inter-American Development Bank and ADELA (Atlantic Community Development Group for Latin America), a private, multinational investment group that has invested $12.7 million in Latin America, have just joined with Brazilian Millionaire...
...resolution caused something of a furor in both the U.S. and Latin America, but the fuss did not obscure its clear warning to Russia and China. Its object, said Alabama Democrat Armistead Selden, the resolution's sponsor and the chairman of the House Subcommittee on Inter-American Affairs, was "to make it clear to Communists that they cannot count on the principle of nonintervention to shield their takeover of a hemisphere country." Added he: "It is a pretty good mandate about how the people of this country really feel...
...history of U.S. foreign aid is one of changing goals, phased in and then phased out as they succeeded gloriously or were abandoned in panic. Back in 1942, when Congress voted funds for the Institute of Inter-American Affairs, a technical-assistance operation for Latin America, it was only trying to combat pro-Nazi sentiment in Central and South America. Next, the U.S. chipped in to establish UNRRA, a desperate charity aimed at stopping hunger in a war-destroyed world. It filled a lot of bellies and the pockets of countless profiteers. In 1947, President Truman, still answering fire alarms...
...Alianza still has its problems, of course. In a recent report, the Inter-American Committee on the Alliance for Progress (CIAP) cited three key troubles: the slowness of some countries to execute reforms, poor local planning, and the declining market for basic Latin American commodities. President Johnson proposed action on several CIAP recommendations. The U.S., he said, "stands willing to help" in the economic integration of Latin America. (This week in Buenos Aires, the Inter-American Development Bank will launch an economic integration study unit−its first branch office in Latin America.) As for sagging commodity prices, Johnson promised...