The collection is comprised of newspaper clippings regarding events in the individual countries of Latin America, their relations with one another, and their interactions with the United States over a lengthy period of time, from both U.S. and Latin American perspectives. The clippings span the years 1952-1978 and report news from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, and Venezuela. The collection also includes news reports from places infrequently included in accounts of Latin America, such as Guyana and Jamaica, as well as those not often connected with Latin America in the modern era, such as Spain and Portugal. The news collected covers events likely to appear in any historical account, as well as events which evoke a more well-rounded picture of each country, but are less likely to be reported. Cuban news over a period of over twenty years chronicles United States - Cuban relations from the time of Batista to Castro, chronicling early Castro activities, the revolution, and the United States' changing views of Fidel Castro. Central American reports follow the activities of the United Fruit Company, coffee-based economies, elections, and meetings between political leaders. News for all of Latin America follows a growing tourist market, the United States' perception of the "Communist threat," negotiations over the Panama Canal, and changes in gender roles and rights. Accounts of World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank loans to assorted Latin American nations attest to an increasing globalization and set the stage for later reports of debt. Political unrest is described in detail for various countries, documenting the cases of disappeared persons in Argentina and Chile and following the Jonestown suicides under the reverend Jim Jones in Guyana.
