Bayle, Paola <br/><br/>
The Itinerary of World University Service in Latin America 

 -  2014.<br/>							 
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<br/><br/> The World University Service was an international organization, created in 1920, which worked in three distinctive areas : education, development and human rights. Fromthe 1950s itsmain area of activity veered towards Southern countries, in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. In this paper we analyze the philanthropic work of wus in Latin America from the seventies of the twentieth century, characterizing the variety of assistance programs, organizational structure, the source of funding and policy objectives.