The Latin American Road to UNCTAD, 1947–64

Even though Latin American diplomats and economists played a crucial role in the formulation and the theorising of development economics, Latin American contributions to development debates in the United Nations have often been relegated to the margins. Based on sources from Brazilian and Cuban archives, the Organization of American States, as well as the UN archive, the paper relates the Latin American road to the creation of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. In so doing, the paper aims to link both historiographies to highlight the entangled histories of development thought. Lastly, it would like to enquire into the role and place of Latin America in the Global South during the 1960s.