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Colombia has been one of the United States’ closest allies in the region, stretching back to the 1950s. Colombia was the only Latin American country to join the Korean War in a direct military role. In 1951, the first 1,000 Colombian soldiers disembarked in South Korea where they maintained a military presence until the end of the war. During the 1960s and 1970s, Colombia became one of the largest recipients of United States assistance in Latin America. The assistance was designed to enable Colombia to develop economically through industrialization, agrarian, and social reforms and helped solidify Colombian-U.S. military relations.1 Colombia’s support of the United States during the war and the U.S.’ economic support of Colombia during the 1960s and 1970s fostered a multi-faceted, long-lasting diplomatic and military relationship between the two countries that has evolved, but remained strong for over half a century.
Publication Date
2019
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International and Area Studies | Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
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Sabatini, Christopher; Mateu-Gelabert, Sofia; and Fonseca, Brian, "The Future of US-Colombia Relations" (2019). Research Publications. 30.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/jgi_research/30
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