Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies: “An Immense Explosive Potential : Uruguay, the “Cuban Question,” and the Inter-American System, 1959–1964”

The Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies presents

Roberto García Ferreira: 

“An Immense Explosive Potential : Uruguay, the “Cuban Question,” and the Inter-American System, 1959–1964.”

As part of the Latin American History Speaker Series, this talk examins Uruguay’s diplomatic, political, and strategic responses to the “Cuban Question” in the early years of the Cold War. Focusing on the period between 1959 and 1964, Roberto García Ferreira explores how the Cuban Revolution reshaped hemispheric politics and tested the structures of the Inter-American system during a pivotal moment in Latin American history.