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Military Aid to Latin America in the U.S. Congress

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Michael J. Francis
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Over the last thirteen years the United States has provided almost five hundred million dollars in military aid to Latin America. This program has continued undaunted despite the fact that the justification for the undertaking — as shown by testimony of U. S. congressional hearings — has undergone such a wide fluctuation that today's purposes are quite different from yesterday's. To understand the present program it is helpful to explore the peculiar evolution of this program of aid.

During World War II there was cooperation between the United States and Latin-American military forces. Two states, Mexico and Brazil, donated forces which saw combat. The chief contribution of Latin America to the war effort, however, was in the realm of economic assistance to the United States war machine.

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Research Article
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Journal of Inter-American Studies , Volume 6 , Issue 3 , July 1964 , pp. 389 - 404
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Copyright © University of Miami 1964

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