PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
PRESIDENT LYNDON B JOHNSON
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Americans opposed Kennedy’s policies.
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Relations between the US and Latin America improved.
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Relations between the US and Latin America did not improve.
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Tensions increased between the US and communist countries.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Because of the program, economic assistance to Latin America nearly tripled between fiscal year 1960 and fiscal year 1961. Between 1962 and 1967 the US supplied $1.4 billion per year to Latin America.
Detailed explanation-2: -By the early 1970s, the program was considered a failure and in 1973, the Organization of American States disbanded the permanent committee established to implement the Alliance.
Detailed explanation-3: -Initiated by President John F. Kennedy in 1961, the Alliance for Progress sought to establish economic cooperation between the United States and Latin America and avert an expansion of communist influence in the region.
Detailed explanation-4: -It created rising Latin American expectations that were crushed but the USA, which supported military regimes, used Latin America as a US export market. Revisionist historians left wing: emphasized that the Alliance for Progress failed to counter the dynamic impact on the Cuban Revolution.
Detailed explanation-5: -To help the people of interested countries and areas in meeting their needs for trained workers. To help promote a better understanding of Americans on the part of the peoples served. To help promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of Americans.