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The Development of an Inter-American Policy for the Recognition of de Facto Governments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2017

Charles L. Cochran
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It is ironic that Fidel Castro, who is currently ostracized from the inter-American system of states, has provided the impetus needed to overcome the obstacles that have for so long prevented agreement on the procedure for Hemispheric action regarding the recognition of de facto governments. Earlier attempts to formulate a common basis for the recognition of de facto governments have been very limited both in their scope and their success.

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American Journal of International Law , Volume 62 , Issue 2 , April 1968 , pp. 460 - 464
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1968

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References

1 Text of the treaty in 1 Hackworth, Digest of International Law 186; 2 A.J.I.L. Supp. 229 (1908).

2 Hackworth, op. cit. 188; 17 A.J.I.L. Supp. 117 (1923).

3 Hackworth, op. cit. 298.

4 Ibid.

5 Text of the declaration in 25 A.J.I.L. Supp. 203 (1931).

6 10 Dept. of State Bulletin 20 (1944). See also 2 Whiteman, Digest 81-82

7 Res. IX, Final Act of the First Meeting of the Inter-Ameriean Council of Jurists, Rio de Janeiro, May 22-June 15, 1950 (Pan American Union, 1950), p. 23.

8 Res. III, Final Act of the Second Meeting of the Inter-American Council of Jurists, Buenos Aires, April 20-May 9, 1953 (Pan American Union, 1953), p. 10.

9 Res. XXXV, Ninth International Conference of American States, Bogota, Colombia, March 30-May 2, 1948, p. 271.

10 Res. XCIII, Tenth Inter-American Conference, Caracas, Venezuela, March 1-28, 1954, p. 156; 48 A.J.I.L. Supp. 123 (1954).

11 45 Dept. of State Bulletin 462-463 (1961).

12 In support of this, see transcript of President's news conference, The New York Times, Feb. 16, 1961, p. 16, in regard to El Salvador; 2 Whiteman, Digest 310-311, for Kennedy's position in regard to the coup in Peru in 1962; in regard to Peru, see also Public Papers 1962, p. 572; concerning the Guatemalan coup in 1963, The New York Times, April 6, 1963, p. 4; Department of State, Press Release No. 399, July 31, 1963, concerning Ecuador; Public Papers 1963, p. 770, in regard to the President's insistence that the de facto governments return to constitutional procedures in the Dominican Republic and Honduras in 1963.

13 Mr. Leonard Meeker, Legal Adviser of the Department of State, in an interview with the writer in March, 1966.

14 ” 47 Dept. of State Bulletin 539-541 (1962).

15 Res. XXVI, Second Special Inter-American Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 17-30, 1965, Final Act (Pan American Union, 1965), p. 38; 60 A.J.I.L. 460 (1966).