Talk:Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance

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[edit] Signatories -- clarification?

With the exception of the Bahamas, no country that became independent after 1947 has joined the treaty.

How do you square that claim with the presence of Trinidad and Tobago on the list? –Hajor 21:12, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

Perhaps a better avenue for the article to explore would be to identify those countries which achieved independence after 1947 and yet chose not to join the treaty and their reasons for not doing so. In that respect, Belize is an interesting counter-example, since they arranged affairs to immediately join the treaty upon independence, following a long-running dispute with Guatemala over their national sovereignty. Albanaco 23:20, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

I don´t see Belize's ascension to the Treaty. See [1]. --Jorge GG 18:24, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

This article and a comment above both list Belize among parties to the Rio Treaty, I believe incorrectly.

[edit] Breach of Treaty?

Surely the US was not breaching the treaty over the Balkans, as Argentina was not under attack. Britian was simply defending itself against an attack on its territory. --David.Mestel 17:08, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

The Balkans?? You mean Falkland, right?? And yes, neither Argentina nor the UK (the main area) was under attack, so there weren't any violations to the Rio Treaty nor to the NATO one... Smertios 21:52, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Football War

The Football War in 1969 was between 2 members; El Salvador attacked Honduras. Do we have any info about this in relation to this treaty, SqueakBox 15:55, 22 May 2007 (UTC)