The Alliance for Progress was started by President Kennedy which aims to provide economic aid to Latin American nations.
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Containment was a United States policy using various strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad. A segment of the Cold War, this policy was a reply to a series of moves by the Soviet Union to enlarge its communist sphere of influence in Eastern Europe, China, Korea, and Vietnam.
As per the question, the author's key purpose of including this paragraph include 'to inform the reader about the location' and 'to entertain the readers by showing how dramatic the situation is.
