Newport navalog

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Do you know what (he Act of

Chapultepec is? What it provides

for? Who signed it?

Signatories of the Act arc the 21 Pan-

American republics. These are United

States and Mexico; the six Central

American republics of Costa Rica. Guate

mala. Honduras. Nicaragua, Panama and

El Salvador; the three island republics

"I uha, Haiti and the Dominican Repub

lic; ami the 10 South American nations

Argentina. Brazil. Chile. Peru. Bolivia.

Ecuador, Venezuela, Paraguay. Uruguay

and Colombia.

I hese nations have a combined popu

lation about equal to ours; their com

bined areas are two and one-half times

the size of the United States.

Pan-American friendship hasn't

always been strong. The Latin

tmerican countries have often sus

pected that our interest in them was

selfish not always without cause.

But the Good Neighbor Policy in

stituted in 1933 has led to improved

relations, reflected in cooperation

'luring the war.

Ibe Latin-American countries have

been of great military aid. They made

military, airplane and naval bases avail

able to us; these enabled us to guard

the Panama Canal and the waters of this

hemisphere, gave us an air route to Af

rica and Europe. The Cuban. Mexican

and other navies have been on constant

patrol. Brazil has an army and air force

fighting at our side in Italv.

Besides this, their economic resources

have been made available to us. when

we needed them most. Brazil has sent

libber to add to our synthetic and re

claimed stock. Cuba’s sugar and molas

ses help produce alcohol required for

synthetic rubber and othei war goods.

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Newport navalog. (1945). Newport, R.I., 1945-04-28. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn91070618/1945-04-28/ed-1/?sp=6

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Newport navalog, 1945-04-28.