Pan-American Congress

Pan-American Congress

The term Pan-American Congress represents a movement toward commercial, social, economic, military, and political cooperation among the nations of North, Central, and South America.

It can refer to:
* Congress of Panama, in 1826
* First International Conference of American States, in 1889–1890, arranged by President Benjamin Harrison's Secretary of State James G. Blaine


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