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The Alliance for Progress was a U.S. initiative launched in 1961 aimed at fostering economic development and social reform in Latin America. It sought to promote political stability and counteract the influence of communism through financial aid, investment, and cooperative programs between the United States and Latin American countries.
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The Alliance for Progress was a U.S. initiative launched in 1961 aimed at fostering economic development and social reform in Latin America. It sought to promote political stability and counteract the influence of communism through financial aid, investment, and cooperative programs between the United States and Latin American countries.

Key research themes

1. How did U.S. public diplomacy and modernization theory shape the Alliance for Progress in Latin America during the 1960s?

This research theme investigates the formulation and implementation of the Alliance for Progress as a U.S. foreign policy initiative during the Cold War, focusing on the role of public diplomacy and modernization theory in influencing socio-political and educational reforms in Latin America. Understanding this theme is critical as it reveals the ideological and cultural mechanisms underpinning U.S. strategies to counter communism by promoting development and democracy through education and cultural persuasion.

Key finding: This book provides a comprehensive analysis of U.S. public diplomacy efforts in Latin America during the 1960s, emphasizing how the Alliance for Progress combined the goals of promoting modernizing democratic reforms and... Read more
Key finding: This article argues that educational and psychological modernization were central to the modernization theory underpinning the Alliance for Progress. It identifies education as both a theoretical and practical tool seen as... Read more
Key finding: This study contextualizes the Alliance for Progress within broader U.S. development policies, tracing how Puerto Rico’s export processing zone (EPZ) became a model for capitalist development promoted globally during the Cold... Read more

2. What were the dynamics and challenges of implementing democratization and reform under the Alliance for Progress, with specific case studies in Latin America?

This theme delves into the political and social complexities encountered in Latin American countries during the Alliance for Progress era, particularly issues related to democratization, authoritarianism, socio-economic reform, and U.S. intervention. By examining case studies such as Bolivia and Guatemala, this line of inquiry reveals tensions between the stated reformist aims of the Alliance and Cold War imperatives that often led to political repression and thwarted democratic development.

Key finding: The article uncovers newly revealed archival evidence showing that the Kennedy administration’s Alliance for Progress simultaneously promoted reform and supported authoritarian military coups to prevent left-wing leadership... Read more
Key finding: Through a focused analysis of U.S.-Bolivian relations, this review emphasizes the duality of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations’ approach during the Alliance for Progress, which combined developmental aid with support... Read more
Key finding: This paper analyzes the role of Catholic missionary training centers aligned with the Alliance for Progress’s anti-communist developmental agenda, focusing on Ivan Illich’s critiques of traditional missionary models. It... Read more

3. How do policy-oriented frameworks and social learning concepts explain coalition formation and implementation challenges in international development and reform initiatives like the Alliance for Progress?

This theme applies advanced theoretical models from public policy studies, especially the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) and social learning alliances, to analyze the complexities of coalition building, policy change, and implementation in contexts analogous to the Alliance for Progress. Research in this area elucidates the institutional, ideological, and behavioral factors shaping policymaker collaboration, learning, and action in multistakeholder environments focused on socio-economic reform.

Key finding: This paper traces the evolution of the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF), emphasizing its utility in understanding policy subsystems, coalition formation, and policy-oriented learning. It explicates how ACF’s... Read more
Key finding: This article explores the Learning and Action Alliance (LAA) framework as a method for facilitating social learning and collaborative action in environmental governance. While not directly about the Alliance for Progress, its... Read more
Key finding: This thesis examines the conditional effectiveness of foreign aid on economic growth contingent upon policy environments, affirming the hypothesis that aid yields positive growth outcomes primarily in countries with sound... Read more

All papers in Alliance for Progress

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This article examines the diplomatic strategies of Revolutionary Guatemala between 1944 and 1951, situating them within the broader continental realignments that occurred at the onset of the Cold War. Contrary to prevailing... more
Gabriel García Márquez best described the agony of the modern history of Colombia: "At the juncture of the two great oceans lay a territory of forty thousand square leagues, barely glimpsed by Columbus on his fourth voyage although today... more
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Presenta el proyecto de la maestría como una propuesta política desde la academia; un esfuerzo por formar un cuerpo académico en contextos adversos para las humanidades. También presenta el tránsito académico y bibliográfico de las... more
En el ensayo se examina el Patrimonio Agrario Colectivo, una forma de adjudicación y transferencia de tierras nacionales utilizada por el Estado guatemalteco entre 1962 y 1978. Esta forma de apropiación de la tierra y los bienes naturales... more
This paper examines the Reports of the Center for Intercultural Formation 2 (CIF), which were produced in Cuernavaca, Mexico, between 1962-1967 by the Centro de Investigaciones Culturales (Center for Cultural Research) (CIC), and... more
All the contents of this work, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Todo o conteúdo deste trabalho, exceto quando houver ressalva, é publicado sob a licença Creative... more
This book seeks to address US public diplomacy strategies in Latin America, of particular importance during the 1960s when the leadership of the United States had been questioned after the Cuban Revolution. The implicit mandate was "No... more
This article examines the migration and expropriation policies of Guatemala's revolutionary governments toward Germans present in the country during the postwar years and the start of the Cold War. It reconstructs the challenges around... more
Este artículo evalúa la relación entre Prebisch y Furtado en el contexto de la Revolución Cubana. La investigación parte de una lectura que separa el pensamiento cepalino de la estructura formal de la CEPAL encuadrada en el orden... more
Entre os anos finais da década de 1950 e início dos anos 1960, os trabalhadores rurais foram protagonistas de um tempo de grande convulsão social. Atuando nas Ligas Camponesas ou nos sindicatos rurais, os trabalhadores mobilizaram lutas... more
This article presents City of God (Cidade de Deus) from its origins as one of the housing complexes of the US program Alliance for Progress, with Latin American coverage, in the context of the so-called State of Guanabara, territory that... more
En el texto se analiza el papel de Estados Unidos, específicamente con relación a la dinámica de las sociedades en América Latina y las acciones de las empresas transnacionales en la economía mundial  en particular en América Latina,... more
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Introdução O projeto destina-se a pesquisar o envolvimento de potências estrangeiras-especificamente dos EUA e dos países socialistas-na crise institucional que desembocou na deposição do Presidente João Goulart (1961-1964). Para tanto,... more
This paper analyses two aspects of Salvador Allende´s Government Programme. Firstly, the theoretical argumentos on which the programme was based and secondly the main economic proposals that were included in the programme. The economic... more
Le président Jovenel MOISE a prêté serment le 7 février 2017 suite à un processus électoral long sinueux commencé en 2015. Interrompu pour des raisons, entre autres, d’irrégularité grave et de fraude massive, ce processus électoral, semé... more
This article seeks to develop questions about the role of the international business-political relations between Brazil and the United States throughout the 1960s, composed by representatives of the international capital in this period in... more
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Evidencias documentais levantadas no National Archives and Records Administration,em Washington DC, apontam as caracteristicas da estrutura, metodos, tradicoes,intencoes, acoes e valores da United States Information... more