This article draws on an international assemblage of sources to recover the history of the involvement of the Organization of American States (OAS) and the United Nations (UN) in the Cuban missile crisis. It argues that, through the mechanisms of the OAS and the UN, Latin American citizens and officials helped shape the peaceful outcome of the crisis. This article challenges dismissive portrayals of both Latin American countries and multilateral organisations and, in so doing, joins the growing literature on how supposedly weak Latin American countries have used international organisations to influence world affairs.

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“大国的责任”：美洲国家组织和联合国如何帮助解决古巴导弹危机

本文利用国际资源组合来恢复美洲国家组织 (OAS) 和联合国 (UN) 参与古巴导弹危机的历史。它认为，通过美洲国家组织和联合国的机制，拉丁美洲公民和官员帮助塑造了这场危机的和平结果。本文挑战了对拉丁美洲国家和多边组织的不屑一顾的描述，并在此过程中加入了越来越多的文献，即所谓的弱势拉丁美洲国家如何利用国际组织影响世界事务。