A messenger suspect. Contradictions of the Anti Communism in Latin America at the Fifties

Authors

  • juan alberto bozza argentino

Keywords:

Cuadernos, Congress for Cultural Freedom, anticommunism, totalitarism

Abstract

After the Second War, the debate of ideas at Latin American nations was conditioned for the Cold War atmosphere. This work analyses the activities of institutions and publishers that attack the influence of communism over the politic and cultural life of many countries. It approaches to the thought and initiatives of Cuadernos, revue created in 1953 by the Congress for Cultural Freedom (CCF), the institution founded by the CIA at 27th June of 1950. The purpose of Cuadernos  was display  an anticommunist crusade at European and Latin-American culture.

This article identifies the main members of the project; then it describes the Cuadernos’ critic to Russian Totalitarism and to their road intellectuals’ companions. Also, it regards the ethics and politics contradictions of this liberal perspective to explain and justify the Latin American military regimes supported by USA Governments. 

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Author Biography

juan alberto bozza, argentino

Profesor Adjunto Historia Argentina Contemporánea FPyCS- UNLP

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Published

2012-01-09

How to Cite

bozza, juan alberto. (2012). A messenger suspect. Contradictions of the Anti Communism in Latin America at the Fifties. Oficios Terrestres, 1(27). Retrieved from https://perio.unlp.edu.ar/ojs/index.php/oficiosterrestres/article/view/1057

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 27 (2011): Comunicación y ciencias sociales en Latinoamérica

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