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Kennedy's Alliance for Progress Faces Rocky Start
In January 1961 President Kennedy unveiled the Alliance for Progress, a $20 billion plan to aid Latin America through reforms and development. By late 1963 critics said the program had achieved little, hampered by political instability, economic troubles, red tape, and U.S. away priorities, with leadership and aims questioned across the region.
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