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Source(s):Salem Press Encyclopedia, 2021. 2p.

Abstract:In 1949, Secretary of State Dean Acheson addressed the Pan American Society, an organization founded in 1910 to foster fellowship between the United States and Central and South America, headquartered in New York City. It was a critical time in Pan-Ame...

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Source(s):Salem Press Encyclopedia, 2021. 2p.

Abstract:As World War II drew to a close, nations in the Americas were eager to reaffirm their relationships with each other and with the United States. All Central and South American nations had supported the Allies throughout the war, except Uruguay and Argen...

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Source(s):Salem Press Encyclopedia, 2021. 1p.

Abstract:The Chapultepec Declaration, also known as the Hemispheric Declaration on Free Expression Hemispheric Declaration on Free Expression , is the product of a conference on free expression and freedom of the press held at the Chapultepec Castle in Mexico C...

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Source(s):Salem Press Encyclopedia, 2021. 4p.

Abstract:The American Convention on Human Rights (ACHR) was put before the Organization of American States (OAS) on November 22, 1969. The ACHR was a giant step forward for human rights because it was legally binding under international law, unlike its 1948 pre...

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Source(s):Salem Press Encyclopedia, 2021. 2p.

Abstract:Prospects for world peace diminished during 1936. Imperial Japan had taken over Manchuria in 1931 and threatened to invade China. Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini had sent his army into Ethiopia in order to build Italy’s African empire. German...

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Source(s):Salem Press Encyclopedia, 2021. 3p.

Abstract:After World War II, the four major allies—the United States, the Soviet Union, Great Britain, and France—divided defeated Germany into zones. During 1949, two German republics, the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG, commonly called West Germany) and the...

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Source(s):Salem Press Encyclopedia, 2021. 2p.

Abstract:The Monroe Doctrine, promulgated in 1823, declared the Western Hemisphere to be off-limits to further European colonization and also reserved for the United States the right to keep foreign powers out of the Americas. Since that date, the U.S. governme...

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Source(s):Salem Press Encyclopedia, 2021. 3p.

Abstract:Inter Miami CF is a professional soccer team that plays in North America’s Major League Soccer (MLS). The team’s official name is Spanish, Club Internacional de Fútbol Miami, but the team is more commonly referred to in English as Inter Miami CF. Inter...

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Source(s):Salem Press Encyclopedia, 2021.

Abstract:Summary: Pakistan's military intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (ISI) has long been accused of association with terrorist groups, including the Taliban and terrorist groups operating in the disputed Indian province of Kash...

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Source(s):Salem Press Encyclopedia, 2019. 1p.

Abstract:On October 2, 1889, the First International Conference of American States convened in Washington, d.c. At this first Pan-American Conference, as the gathering was more commonly known, representatives from all of the nations of the Western Hemisphere ex...