Word: latinate
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...associated with E4A say they wish more people would use its resources. The information center occupies a cramped office on the first floor of Aggasiz House, housing extensive files on educational innovation and on workshops and conferences on social issues. E4A offers access to probably the largest library on Latin American affairs on campus, dozens of publications on domestic and Third World politics, information on volunteer openings and opportunities for "alternative" careers, and publications which E4A sells on different aspects of social involvement...
...seminar program is E4A's latest addition, consisting, this semester, of two non-credit courses on China and Latin America. Though these discussion groups provide more continuity than one-time-only programs which E4A has run occasionally in the past, both groups are small and one is irregularly attended...
Shepherd Bliss, E4A project director and the coordinator of the Latin America group, said some students were apparently surprised to find a non-credit seminar demanding more of a commitment than regular courses. An advantage of his group, though, according to Bliss, is the contact it affords Harvard-Radcliffe students with people interested in Latin American issues from the local community and other colleges...
Nixon's policy toward Latin America is turning away from the explicit purposes of the Alliance. In his first policy speech, given on Oct. 31, 1969, he maintained that social and economic progress would henceforth depend more on the initiatives of Latin Americans. Nixon also sees the answer to Latin America's problems through economic development. Furthermore, he recommended that the ceiling on military sales be raised to $150 million for 1972, though between 1966 and 1970, sales had averaged only $38 million...
...which they would disrupt. The success of a revolution, however, would generate social and economic instability and land reforms unfavorable to U.S. business. As long as the United States confines its interests to the support of business rather that long-term peaceful and friendly relations with the peoples of Latin American countries, we will continue to support suppression...