U.S.–Latin American. Relations

This volume represents the latest one of the Basic American Documents. The series is the product of research carried out by the Institute of American Studies and Polish Diaspora and the Institute of Political Studies and International Relations of the Jagiellonian University. Over the past few years this series has presented impressive collections of primary sources related to American history, foreign policy and constitutional law. In this volume Karol Derwich, a Ph.D. from the Center for Latin American Studies of the Institute of American Studies and Polish Diaspora, presents a collection of primary sources related to U.S. relations with Latin American and Caribbean region. The volume, organized by chronology and theme, will be especially useful for those scholars focusing on U.S. foreign policy in Latin American and the Caribbean region

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Foreword 7 Chapter One. The First Half of the 19th Century 9 Simón Bolivar: Letter from Jamaica, September 6, 1815 10 The Monroe Doctrine, December 2, 1823 17 President James Polk’s First Annual Message, December 2, 1845 20 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, February 2, 1848 23 Chapter Two. The Cuban-American Affairs 27 John Quincy Adams’ Letter to Hugh Nelson, April 28, 1823 28 The Ostend Manifest, October 15, 1854 32 José Martí, Nuestra America (Our America), January 30, 1891 35 The Decision to Act Against Spain, William McKinley, April 11, 1898 41 The Teller Amendment, April 20, 1898 48 The Platt Amendment, March 2, 1902 50 Fidel Castro’s Address before the U.N. General Assembly, September 26, 1960 51 Chapter Three. Inter-oceanic Canal in Central America 59 The Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, April 19, 1850 60 The Hay-Pauncefote Treaty, November 18, 1901 62 The Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty, November 18, 1903 64 Torrijos-Carter Treaties, September 7, 1977 67 Chapter Four. At the Turn of the 19th and 20th Century 71 James Blaine Opening Address at the First International American Conference, October 2, 1889 72 The Olney Memorandum, July 20, 1895 74 The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine 77 The Fourth International American Conference, July 20 – August 30, 1910 81 Woodrow Wilson Non-recognition Doctrine 85 A Latin American Doctrine of Anti-imperialism, Victor Haya de la Torre, 1926 87 Chapter Five. Good Neighbor Policy 91 The Clark Memorandum, December 17, 1928 92 Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the Good Neighbor Policy 93 The Anti-war Treaty of Non-aggression and Conciliation (Saavedra Lamas Treaty), October 10, 1933 95 7th International Conference of American States, Montevideo, December 26, 1933 98 Declaration of Principles of Inter-American Solidarity and Cooperation, December 21, 1936 102 Chapter Six. Inter-American System 105 The Act of Chapultepec, March 6, 1945 106 The Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance, September 2, 1947 110 The Charter of the Organization of American States, April 30, 1948 113 American Treaty on Pacifi c Settlement (Pact of Bogota), April 30, 1948 120 Resolutions Adopted at the Eighth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Punta del Este, Uruguay, January 22–31, 1962 126 Chapter Seven. The Cold War in the Western Hemisphere 133 Caracas Declaration of Solidarity, March 28, 1954 134 The Alliance for Progress 136 The Second Declaration of Havana, February 4, 1962 144 Guerilla Warfare: A Method, 1963 151 The National Security of All the Americas Is at Stake in Central America 157 Chapter Eight. The End of the Cold War and Democratization 161 The Enterprise for the Americas Initiative, 1990 162 The Santiago Declaration and the Mechanism of Defending Democracy in America, 1991 164 Declaration of Managua, 1993 168 The North American Free Trade Agreement / Tratado de Libre Comercio en America del Norte, 1994 171 Chapter Nine. The Summits of the Americas 177 The First Summit of the Americas, Miami, December 9–11, 1994 178 The Second Summit of the Americas, Santiago de Chile, April 18–19, 1998 181 The Third Summit of the Americas, Quebec City, April 20–22, 2001 185 The Fourth Summit of the Americas, Mar del Plata, November 5, 2005 189 Chapter Ten. The War on Drugs 195 Richard Nixon’s “War on Drugs” 196 Illegal Drugs as a Threat to National Security and the Certifi cation Procedure 200 Plan Colombia, 2000 205 Merida Initiative 212