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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There is a change from U.S. policies of the last 50 years. Before, the U.S. was supporting dictatorships in Latin America. Now they are not. If that were not so, I wouldn't be here. If it weren't for the efforts of Republicans and Democrats in exporting democracy, then this country would never have had free elections. There is no question-and this was on the table at La Palma-that this country has a dependency on the U.S. The problem is, is this dependency reason enough for the U.S. to impose policies, objectives, goals, instruments...
...Lower energy prices would spark more economic growth. But a fall in oil revenue would aggravate the problems of such countries as Mexico and Venezuela, which depend largely on oil income to pay their enormous foreign debts. Their trouble could extend to the dozens of U.S. banks that hold Latin American loans...
...succeeded in appropriating the "Peace through Strength" philosophy of defense from the Democratic Party as well. This legacy of Kennedy and Harry S Truman--nowhere more evident than in Kennedy's brave action in the Cuban Missile Crisis--has reappeared in Reagan's performances in Lebanon, Grenada, and Latin America. The diplomacy of concession and fear practiced by the Carter-Mondale Administration have receded into embarrassing memories...
...program ranged from "M*A*S*H's Mike Farrell describing the fates of political prisoners in Salvador, to actress Susan Apse in reacting a story about a sadistic Latin American colonel who serve human eats as in aid dinner treat to his guests...
Bliss Professor of Latin American History and Economics John Womack told the rally that if U.S. soldiers were used in Central America, the war would probably spread to the rest of Central America, Mexico and perhaps, in the form of terrorism, to the United States...