THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
JOHN F KENNEDY AND THE COLD WAR
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Peace Corps
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SNCC
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Alliance for Progress
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Bay of Pigs
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Alliance for Progress (Spanish: Alianza para el Progreso), initiated by U.S. President John F. Kennedy on March 13, 1961, aimed to establish economic cooperation between the U.S. and Latin America.
Detailed explanation-2: -President John F. Kennedy proposes a 10-year, multibillion-dollar aid program for Latin America. The program came to be known as the Alliance for Progress and was designed to improve U.S. relations with Latin America, which had been severely damaged in recent years.
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: -Growing out of the fear of increased Soviet and Cuban influence in Latin America, the 1961–1969 Alliance for Progress was in essence a Marshall Plan for Latin America.