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ABC Powers
n.
South American countries (Argentina, Brazil and Chile) usually referring to their mediation in 1914 between the United States and Mexico
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ABC Powers
The ABC Powers refers in diplomacy to the
South American
countries of
Argentina
,
Brazil
, and
Chile
. They have been referred to by this name since the beginning of the 20th century, especially in reference to the diplomatic ABC Powers Conference of 1914: On
May 20
, 1914, the ABC Powers met in
Niagara Falls
,
Canada
, to mediate diplomatically in order to avoid a
state of war
between the
United States
and
Mexico
over the
Veracruz Incident
and the
Tampico Affair
. At the conference, the United States was represented by
Frederick W. Lehmann
(a former
United States Solicitor General
) and
Joseph Rucker Lamar
(an
Associate Justice
of the
Supreme Court of the United States
).
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ABC POWERS
ARGENTINA, BRASILE E CILE
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