Che’s critique of the Organization of American States: from Punta del Este (1961) to Bolivia (2019)

Shannon Brincat; Juan Caceres

doi:10.1080/14747731.2023.2243750

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Che’s critique of the Organization of American States: from Punta del Este (1961) to Bolivia (2019)

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Che’s critique of the Organization of American States: from Punta del Este (1961) to Bolivia (2019)

Shannon Brincat and Juan Caceres

Globalizations, Vol.20(8), pp.1508-1527

2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14747731.2023.2243750

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Abstract

Che Guevara

Organization of American States

Bolivian Coup

Punta del Este

Marxism

imperialism

Che's revolutionary solidarity championed the Spirit of Bolivar and Marti across the Latin American Community. Underlying this solidarism was a fervent belief in the potential for an emancipated regional Americas freed of neo–imperialist control. Yet, Che saw this possibility thwarted by the regional hegemony of the US government and its dominance of regional organizations through which it was able to intervene economically and even militarily across its southern neighbours. In this article, we explore Che's critique of the US' dominance of the Organization of American States (OAS) and how this has distorted regional integration in the Latin American Community by focusing on his famous speeches at Punta del Este at the Alliance for Progress (AFP) conference in 1961. We argue that Che's critique remains relevant for analysing regional integration today by highlighting the role of the OAS and its intervention in the Bolivian coup of 2019.

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Title: Che’s critique of the Organization of American States: from Punta del Este (1961) to Bolivia (2019)
Authors: Shannon Brincat (Corresponding Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Law and Society
Juan Caceres (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Law and Society
Publication details: Globalizations, Vol.20(8), pp.1508-1527
Publisher: Routledge
Date published: 2023
DOI: 10.1080/14747731.2023.2243750
ISSN: 1474-774X; 1474-7731
Copyright note: © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.
Organisation Unit: Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; Tropical Forests and People Research Centre; Forest Research Institute; School of Law and Society; Sustainability Research Cluster
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99966896202621
Output Type: Journal article

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