Period of tension after World War II between the United States and supporters of democracy, and the Soviet Union and supporters of communism.
An organization formed by the United States and Latin American nations in 1948 to promote economic, military, and cultural cooperation among its members, which include almost all of the independent states of the Western hemisphere.
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