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The Alliance for Progress was a 10-year plan proposed by President John F. Kennedy in 1961 to foster economic cooperation between North and South America, particularly aimed at countering the perceived communist threat from Cuba.
President John F. Kennedy: On the Alliance for Progress, 1961. Fitzsimons, Louise. The Kennedy Doctrine (New York: Random House, 1972), 10. The John F. Kennedy Presidential Oral History Collection. Weidman, Lisa Menéndez. A Biography of John F. Kennedy: The 35th President of the United States Archived April 6, 2005, at the Wayback Machine.
Passed the Senate on August 18, 1961 Passed the House on August 18, 1961 (287-140, in lieu of H.R. 8400) Reported by the joint conference committee on August 31, 1961; agreed to by the Senate on August 31, 1961 and by the House on August 31, 1961 Signed into law by President John F. Kennedy on September 4, 1961
In August 1961, Goodwin was part of a delegation headed by U.S. Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon that was sent to Uruguay to attend a conference of Latin American finance ministers. [10] [11] The topic under discussion was the Alliance for Progress, which was endorsed by all countries representatives excepting Cuban representative Che Guevara ...
February 10, 1961 February 14, 1961 26 FR 1239 5 10918: Establishing the President's Advisory Committee on Labor-Management Policy February 16, 1961 February 18, 1961 26 FR 1427 6 10919: Creating an emergency board to investigate a dispute between the Pan American World Airways, Inc., and certain of its employees February 17, 1961 February 21, 1961
1961 – Antarctic Treaty – governs international relations in Antarctica; 1961 – Columbia River Treaty (ratified in 1964) – with Canada to manage water in the Columbia River valley; 1961 – Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations – specifies diplomatic immunity; 1961 – Alliance for Progress – economic cooperation treaty with ...
The United States foreign policy during the presidency of John F. Kennedy from 1961 to 1963 included diplomatic and military initiatives in Western Europe, Southeast Asia, and Latin America, all conducted amid considerable Cold War tensions with the Soviet Union and its satellite states in Eastern Europe.
In turn, economic assistance came in the form of the Alliance for Progress, announced in 1961, with an investment forecast of $10 billion over ten years. [17] Its administration was handed over to the newly created USAID. [26]