Abstract

BARRERA AGUILERA, ÓSCAR JAVIER. The Chaco War as a Challenge to Pan-Americanism: The Winding Road toward the Buenos Aires Peace Conference, 1934-1935. Anu. colomb. hist. soc. cult. [online]. 2011, vol.38, n.1, pp.179-217. ISSN 0120-2456.

The article provides a critical approach to the effectiveness of the American peace machinery aimed at putting an end to the conflict between Bolivia and Paraguay over the Chaco Boreal (Northern Chaco) region. After examining the "Good Neighbor" policy and the ideals of "Western hemisphere" and "Latin American unity", the article goes on to highlight the obstacles they encountered in the attempt to materialize through the different mediation formulas proposed in 1934 and 1935. The interests motivating the actions of those governments acting as mediators are analyzed on the basis of diplomatic documentation. The text shows that the negotiations regarding the Chaco War catalyzed some old tensions and took place in a scenario in which the countries close to the region in dispute, as well as a good part of the governments of the continent, were able to match strengths.

Keywords : conflicts of interest; Chaco War; peace negotiations; Pan-Americanism; Latin American unity.

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