Pan-American Conference & Union

The Conferences of American States, commonly referred to as the Pan-American Conferences, were meetings of the International American Nation in Conferences for Regional cooperation in 1889.^¹ The Pan-American Union, an international organization for cooperation on trade.^¹ James G. Blaine, a United States politician, Secretary of State and presidential contender, first proposed establishment of closer ties between the United States and its southern neighbors and proposed international conference.^¹ Blaine hoped that ties between the United States and its southern counterparts would open Latin American markets to US trade.^¹ The Pan-American Union eventually evolved into the Organization of American States in 1948.^¹