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In a continent increasingly coming under the control of military rule, Venezuela is proving to be refreshingly addicted to the practice of democracy. For the fourth time since the overthrow of Dictator Marcos Perez Jimenez almost 16 years ago, Venezuelans trooped peaceably to the polls last week to elect a...
Up until the middle of the 17th century, European interest in Africa was mostly peripheral. The dark continent was a mystery for daring explorers. Sailors enroute to Eastern riches navigated the coastline, and some areas occasionally supplied slave labor for the American colonies. But the developing global economy, Europe's...
THE HISTORY of China has been a model history of imperialism in Asia. Over the last two millenia Chiese rulers have exercised hegemony over large areas of Central Asia, the far East and Southeast Asia. At one time or another, Chinese power and influence have touched virtually every area of...
The Brazilian generals see this expansion into other countries as an extension of U.S. development. General Coute e Silva, former head of National Information Service and presently president of Dow Chemical in Brazil, said: "Because of its geographical position, Brazil cannot escape the North American influence. Therefore, it has no...
As Brazil and Chile demonstrate, U.S. business mechanisms for the control and exploitation of Latin America are becoming more efficient. It's no wonder that other Latin American countries reacted negatively to President Nixon's welcome to Brazil's President Medici in 1971: "As Brazil goes, so will go the...