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TIL USA has a mutual defense treaty with most of South America called the Rio Pact or TIAR. This alliance predates NATO by 2 years and has been invoked multiple times. Some countries not included are Mexico, Ecuador, Bolivia, Nicaragua, and Cuba.

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