1. Spruille Braden was an American diplomat, businessman, lobbyist, and member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
10 Facts About Spruille Braden
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Spruille Braden served as the ambassador to various Latin American countries, and as Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs.
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Spruille Braden is notable for his interventionist activities and his prominent role in several coups d'etat.
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Spruille Braden attended Montclair Kimberley Academy and Yale, earning a degree in engineering in 1914.
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Spruille Braden worked as a mining engineer and consultant to governments in Latin America, returning to the US in 1920.
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Spruille Braden first came to prominence as one of the owners of the Spruille Braden Copper Company in Chile and as a shareholder in the United Fruit Company.
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Spruille Braden held several brief but important ambassadorships in Colombia, Cuba, and Argentina.
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Spruille Braden accused Peron of being pro-Axis and anti-United Nations, and of plotting against Allied interests in South America, including the protection of industrial and commercial Axis assets and massive violations of human rights.
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In 1945, Spruille Braden served as Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs under Harry Truman.
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Spruille Braden clashed with George S Messersmith, former ambassador to Mexico, with whom he had many disagreements about foreign policy in Latin America.