Word: apartheld
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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During the discussion of U.S. policies in South Africa, Randall Robinson of Trans Africa, a Black-American lobby group for Africa and the Caribbean criticized the U.S. government and businesses still doing business in the apartheld state, contending they have not divested because "it is one of the most profitable investments anywhere...
...comes as no surprise, then, that the U.S. Government has voiced approval of the constitution, given the shift in U.S. policy since the beginning of the Reagan Administration. Of 16 resolutions against apartheld presented in the United Nations Security Council, the U.S. voted 14. What is surprising is that the American people have remained uninformed in the face of such a policy shift. While the United Nations has condemned the South African regime, the U.S. government has invited "constructive dialogue" and U.S. companies believe that by keeping investments in South Africa a gradual change can be initiated...
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