IX. LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRY FILES[See also Box 215 and map folder], 1926-1993

Arranged alphabetically by country and thereunder chronologically. General files about each region or country are placed first. Files documenting Latin-American countries collected by Robert J. Alexander. Document types, although preponderantly newspaper clippings, also include press releases, publications, reports, unpublished papers, correspondence, government documents and broadsides. Countries documented include Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, and almost all the small islands of the Caribbean. Subjects documented include agriculture, civil liberties, common markets, cooperatives, the debt problem, drug traffic, economic development, education, energy, immigration, indigenous peoples, labor relations, land reform, military affairs, nationalism, political parties, relations with the United States, relations with the Soviet Union, religion, trade, and women's rights. The first part of the series (approximately four cubic feet) concerns Latin-American affairs generally, sub-divided into subjects. The remainder of the series is arranged by country, with subject headings under each country. Of particular interest is documentation of the economic and political situation in Chile before and after the regime of Salvador Allende. Also of interest is documentation of Alexander's fact-finding mission to Paraguay in 1975 to investigate the treatment of the Aché Indians. The series contains many publications of interest, such as broadsides and newsletters from opposition groups. Several oversize items are stored separately.