ALT Cover of Modern Peru: A New History edited by Paulo Drinot and Alberto Vergara. The design features a bold orange background with large text in white and yellow. In the center is a halftone-style image in burnt orange showing groups of people gathered along a road, with soldiers or police standing in the foreground and crowds in the background. A multicolored border in blue, green, and orange surrounds the image, giving the cover a layered, graphic look.

ALT Article title: Between Modernization and Human Rights: The Ford Foundation’s Response to the 1973 Coup in Chile and abstract: This article examines the Ford Foundation’s response to the 1973 coup in Chile, analysing how this major philanthropic donor navigated the challenges of operating under authoritarianism in Latin America. While the Foundation’s modernization agenda aligned with US foreign policy priorities in the 1960s, its reaction to the coup represented a rupture. Drawing on the Ford Foundation Records, including internal correspondence, staff reports, and grant files, this article argues that the Foundation’s response was characterized by a fundamental ambiguity. While it presented its actions as humanitarian – particularly the refugee support programme – this response had significant political implications.