The regularization of mining in the Pan-American hemisphere before and after World War II

Abstract

This article offers an analysis from a historical, political and normative perspective on Pan-Americanism, in order to understand its implications in the regularization strategies of the mining and oil sector, during the first half of the 20th century, emphasizing the period pre- and post-World War II. Likewise, it gives an account of the administrative readjustment process and the promotion of the mining - energy sector in Colombia. In methodological terms, this proposal is based on transnational history and tries to make sense of phenomena that could not be explained in isolation, supporting the hypothesis that during the war mining in the American continent underwent a series of regulatory measures.