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US Diplomacy and the Salvadorean Revolution of 1931

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2019

PHILIP F. DUR
PHILIP F. DUR
Affiliation:
University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette
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Abstract

The United States reacted to the revolution which brought General Maximiliano Hernández Martínez to power in 1931 by refusing to recognise him under a 1923 treaty. Martínez broke precedent by entrenching himself in the presidency. The State Department first attempted to subvert him. The outbreak of a peasant rebellion, supposedly under communist leadership, then caused Washington to seek a face-saving accommodation. The bargain failed because of the general's duplicity. Eventually the United States was forced to abandon the 1923 treaty and recognise Martínez. This opened the way to habitual recognition of non-communist dictators in Latin America.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Latin American Studies , Volume 30 , Issue 1 , February 1998 , pp. 95 - 119
Copyright
1998 Cambridge University Press

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