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throughout the hemisphere.1
The alliance’s charter was signed by all members of the organization except for Cuba at a special meeting at Punta del Este, Uruguay, on August 17, 1961.2 The drafters of the charter emphasized that the twin goals of economic development and social injustice should be pursued simultaneously and that both should be paralleled by efforts to expand political freedom in the hemisphere. One of the most important factors of the program was the promotion of self-help. Under the alliance’s charter, the participating Latin American countries would provide eighty percent of the funding and the remaining twenty would be pledged by external sources, which would be furnished by the United states, other wealthy countries, and a variety of public and private groups.
Though created to ensure the improvement of Latin America, there were many dilemmas within the Alliance for Progress. The program was not really an alliance and it did not progress ...

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with foreign affairs. In his memorable inaugural address he called upon Americans "to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle…against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease, and war itself."3 Kennedy felt strongly that the United Stations needed strong and creative leadership in the White House, and it would be that person’s responsibility to devote his all to lead the nation back to greatness. He wanted the United States to become a supreme nation in every sense. John F. Kennedy had many reasons and motives for initiating the Alliance for Progress. He knew it was a wise mood in the political world, which would assert his and the United States power over ...

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