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Economic Relationships between Czechoslovakia and Argentina in 1945–1955: Cooperation of the “Communist Police State” and the “Fascist Demagogue” at the Beginning of the Cold War

ZOUREK, Michal

Basic information

Original name

Economic Relationships between Czechoslovakia and Argentina in 1945–1955: Cooperation of the “Communist Police State” and the “Fascist Demagogue” at the Beginning of the Cold War

Name in Czech

Ekonomické vztahy Československa a Argentiny 1945–1955: spolupráce „komunistického policejního státu“ a „fašistického demagoga“ na počátku studené války

Authors

ZOUREK, Michal (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Littera Scripta, České Budějovice, Vysoká škola technická a ekonomická v Českých Budějovicích, 2015, 1805-9112

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

60101 History

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

RIV identification code

RIV/75081431:_____/15:00000558

Organization unit

Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice

Keywords (in Czech)

Československo; Argentina; ekonomické vztahy; hospodářské dějiny; Latinská Amerika; studená válka

Keywords in English

Czechoslovakia; Argentina; economic relationships; economic history; Latin America; Cold War

Tags

Změněno: 17/2/2016 10:42, Mgr. Václav Karas

Abstract

V originále

"The aim of this study is to analyse the economic relationship between Czechoslovakia and Argentina in the period 1945–1955 via archival documents. At the end of World War II Czechoslovakia was unable to recover the positions it had established in Latin America in the 1920´s and 1930´s. The increasing influence of Russia on Czechoslovakian foreign policy and the incipient Cold War drastically limited Czechoslovakian opportunities. In addition, the relationship with Argentina was rather specific within the region. On the one hand, the country was of key financial importance and commanded massive surpluses that were required by the Czechoslovakian economy (wool, raw leather, meat, tannin, fodder, corn, plant oils, etc.). On the other hand, there was Juan Domingo Perón´s political regime whose foreign-political line was to seek ever greater autonomy from the USA. Despite the mutual antagonism between both regimes, Peronist Argentina became one of the Czechoslovakia´s largest non-European markets. As a matter of fact, Czechoslovakia implemented a large number of major orders in the country, of which the distillery in San Nicolás was the most significant. At that time it was to be the largest distillery in the world. "