Table of Contents

Preface Introduction The First Half Century of Uruguayan Organized Labor Uruguayan Organized Labor After World War II The Paraguayan Organized Workers Before Stroessner Paraguayan Organized Labor Under Stroessner and Afterward Bibliography Index

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This volume covers the history of organized labor in Uruguay and Paraguay since their inception in the late 19th century until 1990.

About the Author

Robert J. Alexander is Professor Emeritus of Economics and Political Science, Rutgers University. He was a member of John F. Kennedy's Task Force on Latin America where the Alliance for Progress was developed, and he is a former consultant to the American Federation of Labor and the AFL-CIO on Latin American and Caribbean organized labor. One of the country's most respected scholars of Latin American politics and economic affairs, Professor Alexander is the author or editor of forty-five earlier books, most of them focusing on Latin America and the Caribbean, including The Bolivian National Revolution, the first English-language study of that upheaval, and the history of labor and radical movements.

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Alexander traces the trajectory of organized labor in Uruguay and Paraguay, beginning with the first appearance of workers' organizations there at the close of the nineteenth century. He compares and contrasts the labor movements that developed in these neighboring countries, chronicling their struggles with military dictatorships and the rise of economic liberalism.
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