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4 Greek emigration to South America Note: For Argentina in 1960 are considered only permanent immigrants. Source: Authors' own design, based on data from ICEM Handbook (1962, p. 42); Damilakou and Papadopoulos, Chapter 10, this volume.
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The book explores the linkages between Southern Europe and South America in the post-World War II period, through organized migration and development policies.
In the post-war period, regulated migration was widely considered in the West as a route to development and modernization. Southern European and Latin American countries shared this hegemon...
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Today, the 'Integration of Regional Infrastructure in South America' (IIRSA), a groundbreaking transnational urbanisation project for developing and integrating the South American hinterland, is operating. However, its execution engenders strong opposition due to its potential for territorial overexploitation and borderline nature and culture deter...
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... In this context, the Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration (ICEM), founded in 1951, was an instrument of US Cold War diplomacy that was supposed, on the one hand, to relieve Europe of refugees, unemployed and underemployed workers, a potential source of social unrest and a hotbed for the diffusion of communist ideas, and, on the other hand, to offer to overseas countries the workforce they needed for their development. For South American governments, the influx of European skilled workers and farmers through ICEM was considered pivotal for rapid industrialization and intensive agriculture (Damilakou & Papadopoulos, 2022). Moreover, refugees from Eastern Europe were supposed to inculcate local populations against communist ideas. ...
