Date of Completion
Spring 5-1-2015
Thesis Advisor(s)
Mark Healey
Honors Major
History
Disciplines
Latin American History | United States History
Abstract
Although the United States had involved itself in programs of land reform in Korea, Japan, and Western Europe in the mid-20th century, prior to the establishment of the Alliance for Progress, there was little discussion of encouraging such programs in Latin America. The purpose of this thesis is to examine the attitudes towards land reform in Colombia prior to the signing of Colombian Law 135. By examining documents from the Kennedy administration, this thesis proves the United States exerted its influence on Latin American nations in the early 1960’s to promote the enacting of national agrarian reform projects. Furthermore, Colombian arguments are then analyzed to show where this American pressure fit in to the general debate surrounding such a reform program. Ultimately this thesis establishes the different voices involved in the creation of Colombian Law 135 and how they fit in to the general relationship between the United States, the Alliance for Progress and Latin America.
Recommended Citation
Costello, Thomas A., "The Guarantee of Freedom and Dignity? Colombian Land Reform, the Alliance for Progress, and the United States" (2015). Honors Scholar Theses. 439.
https://digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu/srhonors_theses/439