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recognized his unique diplomatic skills and sent him as an engineer to the initial meetings of the Pan-American
Highway Commission, in 1924 at Washington, D.C., and the following spring of 1925, at Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he served as vice president of the commission. A modern highway from the
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Highways of
Friendship: An Intimate Account of the Tour of the Pan American Highway Commission, Its Genesis, Accomplishments and Plans for the Future, Together with Brief Biographies of the Men who Composed It, Some Summaries of the Work Ahead by Latin Members, and a List of the Names of Those Whose
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Brazilian Atlantic port of Santos to the Chilean Pacific port of Arica is nearing reality. Despite wartime shortages of material and equipment, the Bolivian Brazilian Commission in charge of the construction of the line has performed a near
177:(January 17, 1897 – June 29, 1951), was a Bolivian engineer and businessman responsible for the development of several cross-border infrastructure projects that improved regional integration in South America during the first half of the 20th century. The completion of the
220:, Switzerland, where in 1921 he received an honors degree in civil engineering. As a young engineer, he was driven and determined to address the special challenges faced by his landlocked country and help Bolivia overcome its geographical disadvantages.
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remains a roadless 250-mile stretch of jungle and swamp between Panama and
Colombia. The highway has worked well, however, where it has been completed.
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Santiago, Chile. He came to believe in the project, and became an early advocate for it in Bolivia, which signed the Convention on the
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northern part of North
America to the southern part of South America had been under official consideration since 1923, when the
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Rivero Torres, Juan (1925), "La ComisiĂłn
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hosting an official dinner in honor of Juan Rivero Torres at New York's
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373:"Railway Across South America Nears Reality"
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