# Canonical recap data for Pan-American Conference & Union (1890)
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canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1890/pan-american-conference-1890"
title: Pan-American Conference & Union
subtitle: The first Pan-American Conference in Washington established frameworks for hemispheric trade, diplomacy, and the foundation for the Organization of American States.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1890-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1890
decade: 1890
country:
name: United States
slug: united-states
summaryShort: |-
  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.
  The Pan-American Union, an international organization for cooperation on trade. James G. Blaine, a United States politician, Secre
summaryLong: |-
  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.
  The Pan-American Union, an international organization for cooperation on trade. 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. Blaine hoped that ties between the United States and its southern counterparts would open Latin American markets to US trade. The Pan-American Union eventually evolved into the Organization of American States in 1948.
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heroImageCredit: Library of Congress
importance: 76
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan-American_Conference"
  title: Pan-American Conference
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- election
- festival
metaDescription: "The Conferences of American States, commonly referred to as the Pan-American Conferences, were meetings of the International American Nation in Conferences for "
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- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260701094016/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan-American_Conference"
  capturedAt: 2026-07-01
  label: Pan-American Conference
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan-American_Conference"
