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I'm researching what broke Latin American solidarity for Puerto Rican independence. Albizu Campos toured Latin America from 1927 to 1929, building anti-imperialist alliances with figures like Haya de la Torre in Peru, Mariátegui, Vasconcelos in Mexico, and Muñoz Marín in Puerto Rico. But that support dwindled . I believe partly because US pressure on Mexico over oil pushed Plutarco Elías Calles to back off. And the Panamericanismo that the US was pushing for. I'm tracing the anti-imperialist networks, the Liga Anti Imperialista, and how US economic leverage broke them. This is for a doctoral dissertation.
Topic
The rise and collapse of Latin American solidarity for Puerto Rican independence, centered on Pedro Albizu Campos's 1927–1929 tour, the anti-imperialist networks he built (including the Liga Antiimperialista) with figures like Haya de la Torre, Mariátegui, Vasconcelos, and Muñoz Marín, and how US economic leverage — notably pressure on Calles's Mexico over oil — and US-promoted Panamericanismo fractured that solidarity.
Time period
1924–1930
Countries
Puerto Rico, Mexico, Peru, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Nicaragua, Panama, Bolivia, United States
Goal
dissertation
Audience
Doctoral dissertation committee and academic readers in Latin American history, anti-imperialist and transnational solidarity studies, and Puerto Rican studies
Doctoral dissertation tracing the transnational anti-imperialist networks supporting Puerto Rican independence between 1924 and 1930, peaking during Albizu Campos's 1927–1929 Latin American tour. The project examines key figures (Albizu Campos, Haya de la Torre, Mariátegui, Vasconcelos, Muñoz Marín, Calles) and organizations like the Liga Antiimperialista across Puerto Rico, Mexico, Peru, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Nicaragua, Panama, and Bolivia, arguing that US economic leverage (especially over Mexican oil) and Panamericanismo eroded this solidarity by 1930.
That's a fascinating project. To help me scope things properly: beyond the 1927–1929 tour years, what end date should I use for tracing the decline of these networks — are you following this through the 1930s, or further?
I'm focusing on 1924 through 1930. The solidarity peaks during Albizu's tour in 1927-1929 and I want to trace how it falls apart by 1930.
Got it. And beyond Puerto Rico, Peru, Mexico, and the US, are there other countries whose archives or figures you expect to appear prominently — for instance Cuba, Argentina, Venezuela, or the Dominican Republic?
Yes . Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Nicaragua, Panama, and Bolivia all show up. The anti-imperialist networks connected across most of Latin America and the Caribbean.