Latin America was central to Carter's new focus on human rights. [9] The Carter administration ended support to the historically U.S.-backed Somoza regime in Nicaragua and directed aid to the new Sandinista National Liberation Front government that …

Jan 3, 2025 · Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter’s work in Latin America helped transform the region’s political landscape. He championed human rights and democracy, and his actions continue to resonate from Argentina to Paraguay, making …

Apr 6, 2023 · But Carter, who entered hospice care in February, transformed U.S. relations with Latin America at the height of the Cold War. He put human rights and democracy at the top of his regional agenda—but shrewdly balanced these concerns with U.S. national security interests.

Jan 7, 2025 · Learn about Jimmy Carter's efforts in Latin America, including Panama Canal negotiations and attempts at normalizing relations with Cuba.

Jan 10, 2025 · Former President Jimmy Carter died on December 29. During his four years in office and long post-presidency, he championed democracy, human rights, and electoral observation, including in Latin America.

Dec 29, 2024 · When Carter assumed office in 1977, Latin America was in chaos. There were civil wars in Guatemala and Nicaragua. All but four nations were dictatorships. Even traditional democratic...

Dec 29, 2024 · Former President James Earl "Jimmy" Carter Jr., who died today, December 29, 2024, at the age of 100 in his home in Plains, Georgia, led a life marked by a deep commitment to human rights,...

Jan 7, 2025 · Carter, who served a single term from 1977 to 1981, promised to restore faith in government after the twin traumas of Watergate and the Vietnam War and to reorient U.S. foreign policy toward upholding human rights.

Since President James Monroe's famous message to Congress - later called the "Monroe Doctrine" - in 1823 opposing the recolonization of Latin America, the principal objective of the United States in the Western Hemisphere has been to …

Apr 6, 2023 · The U.S. president had his work cut out for him from the start—no, not Joe Biden, but Jimmy Carter, president from 1977 to 1981. Carter’s tenure is synonymous in many minds with an oil price shock, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the 1979 Iran hostage crisis.