Developmentalism and institutional design of the Alliance for Progress in Argentina

Abstract

In our research it is argued that the promotion of development was a shared element of the agenda of Argentina and the United States and we understand the Alliance for Progress as a meeting place, not as a “program imposed by the United States on America Latin”, but as a set of Latin American ideas recreated by the United States in a policy of cooperation. We propose an approach to the institutional design of the Alliance for Progress in its application in Argentina, a country that the organizers considered more than as a mere participant, an actor with “leadership and responsibility” to promote their progress. Our look at international relations allows us to recognize the existence of multiple agents in the construction of ties between countries, so we are interested in rescuing and contextualizing the participation of Argentina as a local actor to get closer to knowing the degree of commitment of the country with the program.