Inventory of the Agencia Interamericana de Prensa Económica articles distributed
Processed by Kate Baskauskas.
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, California 94305-6010
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Inventory of the Agencia Interamericana de Prensa Económica articles distributed
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, California
- Processed by:
- Kate Baskauskas
- Date Completed:
- 2008, revised 2012
- Encoded by:
- Machine-readable finding aid created derived from MARC record by Aileen Shon and Microsoft Word file by Elizabeth Phillips
© 2008 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved.
Collection Summary
Title: Agencia Interamericana de Prensa Económica articles distributed
Dates: 1991-2010
Collection Number: 97019
Creator: Agencia Interamericana de Prensa Económica.
Collection Size:
6 manuscript boxes
2.5 linear feet
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Paper and computer disk versions of articles, relating to political and economic conditions in Latin America, and especially
to free market reforms in Latin America. Includes indexes.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages: In
Spanish
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to
copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives
at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see
or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible.
Publication Rights
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Agencia Interamericana de Prensa Económica articles distributed, [Box number], Hoover Institution
Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1997. An increment was received in 2010.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.
Historical Note
The Agencia Interamericana de Prensa Económica (AIPE) was a Spanish-language press agency, based in Boca Raton, Florida, managed
by Venezuelan-American journalist Carlos A. Ball M. Launched in April 1991 by Ball, it offered weekly sets of columns to Spanish-language
newspapers, magazines, and websites throughout Latin America, the U.S., and Spain, until it ceased operation in June 2010.
AIPE editor Ball was director general of
El Diario de Caracas and authored two books on liberty, democracy and corruption before coming to the United States in 1987. A member of the Mont
Pèlerin Society since 1986, he graduated with an MBA from Boston University, and served as an adjunct scholar at the Cato
Institute.
Scope and Content of Collection
Paper and computer disk versions of articles, relating to political and economic conditions in Latin America, and especially
to free market reforms in Latin America. Includes indexes.
Included in this collection are 8,788 Spanish-language newspaper commentaries (op-eds) written between 1991 and mid-2010 by
734 authors for the Agencia Interamericana de Prensa Económica (AIPE). Most of the authors are prominent classical liberal
analysts from some twenty countries, mainly in Latin America though several are Hoover Institution fellows. The op-eds constitute
a running commentary on economic and political developments throughout the region--and to a lesser degree the world--during
almost two decades that saw (1) the rise and in many ways retreat of the "Washington Consensus," (2) significant improvements
in the monetary and other policies in some countries, (3) several good recent years for some countries in GDP growth, in large
part because of greatly increased exports of natural resources and commodities from South America, particularly to China,
and (4) the emergence of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and his authoritarian populist "twenty-first-century socialism."
This latter regime and "socialism" won the backing of several Latin American governments and many individuals and marks a
democratically chosen retreat from market economies and enhancement of paternalism that has deep roots in Hispanic culture.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Latin America--Politics and government--1980-
Latin America--Economic conditions--1945-
Laissez-faire.
Ball M., Carlos A.
Box: 1
Articles,
1991-1997.
Scope and Content Note
Each folder contains several short articles (op-eds) by 734 authors for AIPE, on Latin American political and economic conditions.
Box: 5
Computer disks of articles,
1991-1999.
Scope and Content Note
A total of 67 3.5" floppy disks and CDs that hold digital copies of the articles.
Box: 6
Additional AIPE articles,
1991-2010.
Scope and Content Note
Additional hard-copy articles and CDs acquired at a later date
Box/Folder: 6 : 1
Index and 3 CDs of articles,
1991-2009
Box/Folder: 6 : 2
Hard-copy articles and 3 CDs of articles,
1991-2010
