ABC Powers

plural noun

1. Argentina, Brazil, and Chile, usually with reference to their mediation between the U.S. and Mexico in 1914.

Example Sentences

Ecuador, still worrying about its border dispute with Peru, and Brazil, still trying to have the ABC powers as well as the hemisphere act in concert, were ready for similar action.

From Time Magazine Archive

At least 17 mediation attempts had been made by the League of Nations, by the U. S.. by the ABC powers.

From Time Magazine Archive

In that time he has raised Peru to a position in South American affairs only second to the potent ABC powers, Argentina, Brazil, Chile.

From Time Magazine Archive

At this juncture Argentina, Brazil and Chile, "the ABC powers" made a proposal of mediation which was accepted.

From Project Gutenberg

The President stated to us that that was practically what he had submitted to the Niagara conference here when the ABC powers from South America were discussing the Mexican question.

From Project Gutenberg