Latin Bloc (proposed alliance)

The Latin Bloc (Italian: Blocco Latino; French: Bloc Latin; Spanish: Bloque Latino; Portuguese: Bloco Latino; Romanian: Blocul Latin) was a proposal for an alliance made between the 1920s to the 1940s that began with Italy's Duce Benito Mussolini proposing such a bloc in 1927 between Italy, France, Spain, Portugal and possibly Romania, that would be an alliance based upon common Latin civilization and culture. The proposal was publicly discussed between the governments of Italy, Spain, and France, during World War II. In the 1930s, French Prime Minister Pierre Laval alongside French conservatives expressed support for a Latin Bloc with Italy and Spain.

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