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The Washington Consensus: Conceptions Of Power And Failure In Argentina, Samaira G. Wilson
The Washington Consensus: Conceptions Of Power And Failure In Argentina, Samaira G. Wilson
Senior Projects Fall 2022
By holding great economic power over smaller states and justifying it by saying they are helping modernize them, the U.S. leaves many countries cleaning up a mess they helped make. The Washington Consensus failed systematically largely because of its failure to understand development in developing countries. The objective of these policies were to increase GDP in Argentina, yet economic growth favored the wealthy which led to more poverty, inequality and unemployment. The responsibility to promote democratic and equitable development, as well as sustained increases in living standards, was completely neglected. Why did U.S. policy fail to deliver on its goals? …
Venezuela Undermines Gold Miner Crystallex's Attempts To Recover On Its Icsid Award, Sam Wesson
Venezuela Undermines Gold Miner Crystallex's Attempts To Recover On Its Icsid Award, Sam Wesson
Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review
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Reconsidering Operation Condor: Cross-Border Military Cooperation And The Defeat Of The Transnational Left In Chile And Argentina During The 1970s, Georgia C. Whitaker
Reconsidering Operation Condor: Cross-Border Military Cooperation And The Defeat Of The Transnational Left In Chile And Argentina During The 1970s, Georgia C. Whitaker
Honors Projects
In this study of the roots of Operation Condor, I track the development of this unusual military alliance forged by six Southern Cone governments (Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Uruguay, and Paraguay) during the 1970s, as well as the push-and-pull relationship between the transnational migration of political militants and the military’s impetus for collaboration. While most accounts of Condor focus on the United States as the operation’s primary orchestrator, I contend that initial motivation for the type of cooperation that Condor would later formalize was driven not by the U.S., but by the Southern Cone militaries’ perception that Marxism had to …
Letter From Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson To Epifanio Portela, March 17, 1909, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
Letter From Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson To Epifanio Portela, March 17, 1909, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
Other Correspondence
The document is a carbon copy of a typed letter from the Assistant Secretary of State to Epifanio Portela. The letter contains information about Charles H. Sherrill, who will be appointed as U.S. Minister to Argentina.
Note From Philander C. Knox To Epifanio Portela, March 17, 1909, Philander C. Knox
Note From Philander C. Knox To Epifanio Portela, March 17, 1909, Philander C. Knox
Other Correspondence
The document is a carbon copy of a typed letter from the Secretary of State to Epifanio Portela, concerning the appointment of Charles H. Sherrill as Minister to the Argentine Republic.