Pan-American Conference

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The Conferences of American States, commonly referred to as the Pan-American Conferences, were meetings of 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.^[1] Blaine hoped that ties between the United States and its southern counterparts would open Latin American markets to US trade.