Latin america in the non-aligned movement: an issue of autonomy and sovereignty, 1961-1990

The article studies the participation of Latin American nations in the Non-Aligned Movement during the Cold War. It inquire about the reasons that led a significant number of countries in the continent to join the Movement, most of them between 1973 and 1983. Through the analysis of primary and secondary sources, seven cases are examined: Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Nicaragua, Panama, and Peru. It is established that, mainly, the Latin American nations sought, through their participation in the Movement, to increase their autonomy and deepen or complete their sovereignty. Finally, it is argued that the Non-Alignment in Latin America was related more to the long history of decolonization than to the conjunctural Cold War.