Robert C. Hill

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Robert Charles Hill (September 30, 1917 - November 28, 1978) was a United States diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to several Latin American countries throughout his career. His last posting was in Argentina in the late 1970s, a period of great unrest in that country.

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• Collection of Hill's papers at Dartmouth
• 2004 Story in The Guardian regarding Hill's disgust with human rights abuses by Argentinian generals
• The Political Graveyard: Robert Charles Hill

Preceded by Philip B. Fleming	U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica 1953–1954	Succeeded by Robert F. Woodward
Preceded by Michael J. McDermott	U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador 1954–1955	Succeeded by Thomas C. Mann
Preceded by Francis White	U.S. Ambassador to Mexico 1957–1960	Succeeded by Thomas C. Mann
Preceded by Robert F. Wagner, Jr.	U.S. Ambassador to Spain 1969–1972	Succeeded by Horacio Rivero
Preceded by John Davis Lodge	U.S. Ambassador to Argentina 1973–1977	Succeeded by Raul H. Castro