DOCUMENTOS QUE HABLEN ACERCA DEL USO DE LAS BIBLIOTECAS EN LAS EMBAJADAS Y CONSULADOS DE ESTADOS UNIDOS EN PAISES LATINOAMERICANOS A FIN DE PROMOVER LA CULTURA NORTEAMERICANA A PARTIR DE LA SEGUNDA GUERRA MUNDIAL
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DOCUMENTS THAT SPEAK About the USE OF The LIBRARIES IN The EMBASSIES And CONSULATES OF The United States IN LATIN AMERICAN Countries In order TO PROMOTE The NORTH AMERICAN CULTURE From World War II.
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I found some articles about
I found some articles about VOA (voice of america) and The US Information Agency.
It may be useful to look for articles containing the words "public diplomacy"
I found a few articles pertaining to cuba, but nothing as specific as Latin America during WWII.
The U.S. Information Agency
The U.S. Information Agency (USIA) existed from '53 to '99 to influence foreign public opinion in favour of U.S. national interests. This is the archive of their website:
http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/usia/
This is a timeline of the creation and activities of USIA that has a lot of really great sources listed: http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/20th/usia.html
You may want to look into the Office of the Coordinator of Inter American Affairs (CIAA) which handled cultural exchanges between the U.S. and Latin America in the '40s, and included libraries, before it merged into USIA.
I'm not sure how to request a copy of this broadcast but it would probably be useful too.
Title: U.S. Propaganda in Latin America [U.S. Cultural Penetration in Latin America]
Author: Pacifica Radio
Publication Date: 1972
Format: Audio
Location: Broadcast
Call No./URL/Item No.: NPBA au rl orig 116
Subject: Military & Intelligence
GeographicArea: Latin America
TimePeriod: Multiple Time Periods
Description: An expose of Washington's attempts "to influence Latin American people through the U.S. Information Agency and the cultural imperialism of U.S. publications, films, radio and TV." Translation of excerpts from an address by Alfredo Guevara, founder and director of the Cuban Film Institute. This program is part of the Pacifica Radio Archives. This tape is recorded on two sides.
The literary end of what the USIA did is now handled by the Dept. of State Bureau of International Information Programs. This is their official website:
http://www.state.gov/r/iip/