Treaty of Montevideo

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There have been several treaties signed in Montevideo.

In a treaty signed on August 27, 1828, after British mediation, Brazil and Argentina recognized the independence of Uruguay.

The 1960 Treaty of Montevideo established the ALA-LC organization , the Latin American Free Trade Association. It was followed in 1980 by a treaty transforming ALALC into ALADI (Asociación Latinoamericana de Integración).

In January 1979, Argentina and Chile agreed to allow the Pope John Paul II to mediate the Beagle Channel dispute through the good offices of Antonio Cardinal Samoré, his special envoy.

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