Did the Rio Pact have a chance?

AceOfSpades

The Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance of 1947 was intended to serve as NATO's counterpart in the Western Hemisphere, guarding against communist influence in North and South America. Not long after however, repeat U.S. involvement in overthrowing "unfriendly" or "socialistic" governments in the region all but calcified Latin America's long-standing animosity with Washington, rendering the Rio Pact a dead letter.

As such...
  1. Did the Rio Pact ever have a chance of functioning as intended?
  2. When was arguably the last chance the U.S. had at salvaging the Rio Pact?
  3. Would the Rio Pact have survived and been implemented more effectively under an alternate U.S. president, such as Thomas Dewey?
 
juanml82

juanml82

Mexico and Cuba are the only countries, IIRC, which have denounced the Rio Pact. As it stands, the Rio Pact is still in effect.
 

AceOfSpades

Okay...rephrase

Would it have been possible to have a stronger Rio Pact without alienating Latin America during the Cold War too much?
 
Histor32

Histor32

No..
The US thinks of the western hemesphere as its sole playground to do as it whims.

Now would it have been possible? Sure, but you will need to the USA rein in both the Cia, corporate interests, congress, the mafia and a few other things.

So in reality.. No

Sort of like asking the Soviet union to not be assholes in eastern Europe
AceOfSpades said:
Okay...rephrase

Would it have been possible to have a stronger Rio Pact without alienating Latin America during the Cold War too much?
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