Looking at the Southern Cone: American Trade Unionism in the Cold War Military Dictatorships of Brazil and Argentina

Título: Looking at the Southern Cone: American Trade Unionism in the Cold War Military Dictatorships of Brazil and Argentina; International Review of Social History
Autor: Larissa Rosa Corrêa
Abstract: Abstract
This article analyzes the AFL-CIO’s anticommunist international policy in the period just before and after the overthrow of democratic regimes in Brazil (1964) and Argentina (1966–1976). It focuses on the activities of the American Institute for Free Labor Development (AIFLD), a labor organization closely associated with US foreign policy interests. By highlighting similarities, differences, and direct connections between US labor activities in these two South American countries, I argue that Brazil’s 1964 coup and subsequent dictatorship were key experiences for US trade unionists as they formulated an AFL-CIO labor policy for Argentina and the rest of the Southern Cone.
volume: 62
issue: S25
Páginas: 245-269
Date: 12/2017
título curto: Int Rev of Soc His; Looking at the Southern Cone
Língua: en
doi: 10.1017/S0020859017000578
issn: 0020-8590, 1469-512X
uri: https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0020859017000578/type/journal_article