International development program.
Initiated by the U.S. and joined by 22 Latin American countries in 1961, it aimed to strengthen democratic government and promote social and economic reforms in Latin America. The program, which provided loans and aid from the U.S. and the international financial community, built some schools and hospitals, but by the early 1970s it was widely viewed as a failure. Significant land reform was not achieved, population growth outstripped gains in health and welfare, and the U.S. willingness to support military dictators to prevent communism from gaining a foothold sowed distrust and undermined the reforms the Alliance was intended to promote.
Alliance for Progress - former international economic development program established by the United States and 22 Latin American countries in the Charter of Punta del Este (Uruguay) in August 1961. Objectives stated in the charter centred on the maintenance of democratic government and the achievement of economic and social development; specific goals included a sustained growth in per capita income, more equitable ...
Kennedy, John F. - 35th president of the United States (1961-63), who faced a number of foreign crises, especially in Cuba and Berlin, but managed to secure such achievements as the Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty and the Alliance for Progress. He was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas. (For a discussion of the history and nature of the presidency, see presidency of the United States of America. See also ...
Latin America, history of - A new feature since World War II was the appearance of a number of Christian Democratic parties, which offered a program of moderate reform inspired by Roman Catholic social teachings. Most were small splinter groups, but Christian Democrats eventually achieved power in Venezuela, El Salvador, and Chile. In Venezuela they alternated with the social democratic AD and in their policies became ...
Punta del Este - city and beach resort, southeastern Uruguay. It lies on a peninsula jutting into the Atlantic Ocean east of Montevideo, the national capital. The breezy summers originally attracted families from Buenos Aires and Montevideo who built the beachside chalets that give Punta del Este its distinctive charm. In later years, world-class hotels, shops, casinos, and the Cantegril country club, scene of ...
Linowitz, Sol Myron - American diplomat, attorney, and businessman (b. Dec. 7, 1913, Trenton, N.J.-d. March 18, 2005, Washington, D.C.), served as a highly influential adviser to U.S. Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson, Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton and was a key negotiator during the late 1970s of the Panama Canal treaties. After serving (1944-46) in the U.S. Navy, Linowitz joined Joseph C. Wilson in the establishment of ...
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