Аннотация

The article presents a complex view on the United States policies towards the Panama Congress of 1826. It explores the preparations to the first Pan-American Congress, the U.S. public discussion of the mission plans, the Congressional Panama Debates, instructions of Henry Clay to the U.S. representatives and the subsequent ill-fated mission. The failure of the Panama Congress became a turning point in the general disillusionment of the U.S. public opinion in Latin American prospects. Early Pan-Americanism of 1810s–early 1820s gave way to a sober evaluation of the U.S. potential. From the second half of 1820s to the late XIX century the U.S. interest in Latin American affairs was concentrated on the neighboring Caribbean and Mexico. I argue that this logic corresponded best with the national interest of the growing republic.