Alliance for Progress

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Cold War initiative United States foreign policy program foreign aid program

The Alliance for Progress was a U.S.-led Cold War initiative launched in the early 1960s to promote economic development and social reform in Latin America as a way to counter communist influence.

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Surface form Occurrences
Kennedy's Alliance for Progress speech 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War initiative ⓘ
United States foreign policy program ⓘ
foreign aid program ⓘ
aimedAt Latin American countries ⓘ
announcedBy John F. Kennedy ⓘ
cooperationFramework multilateral program ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticizedFor failure to achieve major land reform in many countries ⓘ
insufficient funding ⓘ
overly ambitious goals ⓘ
support for authoritarian governments ⓘ
uneven implementation ⓘ
declineBeganUnder Johnson administration ⓘ
surface form: Lyndon B. Johnson administration
endOfProgram early 1970s ⓘ
fundingSource United States government ⓘ
hasGoal contain Soviet influence in the Western Hemisphere ⓘ
counter communist influence in Latin America ⓘ
encourage land reform ⓘ
expand education ⓘ
improve public health ⓘ
increase economic growth rates ⓘ
promote economic development in Latin America ⓘ
promote industrialization ⓘ
promote social reform in Latin America ⓘ
reduce income inequality in Latin America ⓘ
reduce poverty in Latin America ⓘ
strengthen democratic institutions in Latin America ⓘ
ideologicalContext Cold War ⓘ
implementedBy Organization of American States ⓘ
United States Agency for International Development ⓘ
inception 1961 ⓘ
inceptionDate 1961-03-13 ⓘ
inceptionEvent Alliance for Progress self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kennedy's Alliance for Progress speech
largelyDismantledUnder Nixon administration ⓘ
surface form: Richard Nixon administration
legacy contributed to expansion of social services in some Latin American countries ⓘ
influenced later U.S. development programs in Latin America ⓘ
left mixed record of success and failure ⓘ
locationOfAnnouncement White House ⓘ
mainRegion Caribbean ⓘ
Latin America ⓘ
partOf United States containment policy ⓘ
policyArea development assistance ⓘ
economic policy ⓘ
education ⓘ
housing ⓘ
land reform ⓘ
public health ⓘ
social policy ⓘ
tax reform ⓘ
proposedFundingAmount 20000000000 USD ⓘ
proposedFundingPeriod 10 years ⓘ
requires commitment to democratic governance by recipient states ⓘ
economic planning by participating countries ⓘ
sloganOrTheme partnership for progress ⓘ

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Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 → authorized → Alliance for Progress ⓘ
New Frontier → hasComponent → Alliance for Progress ⓘ
Alliance for Progress → inceptionEvent → Alliance for Progress self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kennedy's Alliance for Progress speech