Geographic Series, 1962-2008 and undated

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250 boxes
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Files on individual countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, containing material assembled and maintained by the staff of the Washington Office on Latin America. Countries represented are: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Perú, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela . The largest subseries are Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, Haiti, Mexico, and Perú. Most geographic files are a mix of documents created in each country and in the United States. Nearly all country subseries contain the following folder groups: Human Rights, U.S. Relations, and WOLA Files. Human Rights files document specific cases of abuse as well as some the organizations with which WOLA partners to improve the situation. U.S. Relations files, a major focus in each subseries, contain information on pending U.S. legislation, testimony before Congress, and files on the policy agendas of sitting administrations. WOLA files provide evidence of WOLA's diverse activities, including: organizing Congressional delegations to Latin American countries and visits to Washington D.C. for Latin American constituencies; organizing conferences and programs to increase dialogue and awareness of various concerns in Latin America; and efforts to influence the United States' foreign policy through lobbying. Larger subseries may have additional groups; common examples include Background Files, Economy and Development, Politics and Government, and Printed Material. With the exception of alphabetized printed material, the original order and organization of files has been maintained to the extent possible. A subseries on Latin America containing files that do not focus exclusively on one country completes the Geographic series. See subseries descriptions below for details on contents and arrangement.

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Accession 2017-0169 is closed until processing. This includes boxes 485-504.

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