The International Relations of Dictatorships in Latin America during the 1960s-1980s: Economics, Finance, Politics and Regional Solidarity.

Session Submission Type: Panel

Abstract

This panel seeks to shade new light on the international relations of the dictatorial regimes that emerged in Latin America between the mid-1960s and the early 1980s. In order to do so, and based on a varied corpus of never previously consulted primary sources from archives located in Latin America, the United States and Europe, this panel examines the international and regional relations of a series of dictatorial regimes all across the region. It devotes special attention to areas and actors that have been so far surprisingly understudied. Among others, papers in this panel analyze the financial, technical and even political support that financial multilateral institutions as well as foreign private banks provided to right-wing and neoliberal dictatorships. In addition, it asks to what extent and in which manner democratic regimes in the region were ready to support and help potential victims of dictatorships from neighboring countries. This panel thus provides new vantage points to look not only at dictatorial regimes but also at the Cold War in Latin America.

Sub Track

• International Relations

Session Organizer

• Claudia Kedar, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Chair

• Rory M Miller, University of Liverpool

Discussant

• Rory M Miller, University of Liverpool

Individual Presentations

• Does the type of regime matter? The World Bank, the IMF and Latin America’s dictatorships - Claudia Kedar, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

• Credit Where Due? Banks, Debt, and Dictatorships in Latin America, 1973-1982 - Edoardo Altamura, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies Geneva

• Mexico and Allende’s Chile: solidarity or gamble? - Vanni Pettina, El Colegio de México, A.C.