Bernot, Rafael A., fl. 1961 Project for the economical development of Mexico and Latin America
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05723.01 Author/Creator: Bernot, Rafael A., fl. 1961 Place Written: Mexico City, Mexico Type: Document Date: May 1961 Pagination: 1 v. : 37 p. ; 30 x 25 cm. Order a Copy
Co-authored with Renan E. Perez Rivero. Published in Mexico City, Mexico in May 1961. President John F. Kennedy signed a note "For Jim," using his personal stationary, which is pasted at the front of the binder. Items contained in green leather binder with "Mexico, Alliance for Progress" stamped at the bottom of the front cover. Included are two color photographs placed in an inside pocket; one of a tickertape parade in Mexico and another of John and Jacqueline Kennedy with unknown Mexican government officials (GLC05723.02 and .03). Bound copy of report created by the Mexican government in response to Kennedy's Alliance for Progress program, which sought to improve government and civil society in Latin America. This proposal focuses on developing sources of agricultural wealth and the abolishment of poverty and ignorance in Latin America. Maps and tables included after the report.
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