Abstract

MESA VALENCIA, ANDRÉS FELIPE. Notes on Colombian Foreign Policy Since the American Involvement in the Second World War. Anu. colomb. hist. soc. cult. [online]. 2015, vol.42, n.2, pp.237-266. ISSN 0120-2456.  https://doi.org/10.15446/achsc.v42n2.53336.

The article analyzes Colombian foreign policy following the rupture of American neutrality. It focuses on the second stage of the Second World War, i.e., from the participation of the United States until the end of the conflict. The article also examines national defense as an indispensable mechanism to preserve national sovereignty, emphasizing the significance of the Third Meeting of Foreign Ministers, held in Rio de Janeiro, on continental security and strengthening of Pan-Americanism.

Keywords : Colombian foreign policy; Second World War; sovereignty; security; Pan-Americanism; belligerence.

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