Word: latinizing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...collapse or a long period of recession in the U.S. and in Europe would be even more traumatic for the developing countries. But we are also convinced that we will not solve the world economic problem by sacrificing our interests by lowering the price of oil. And anyway, we Latin Americans, as well as the countries of the so-called Third World, have lost the desire to be martyrs. Until yesterday, there was a buyers' market that imposed its conditions capriciously; today there is a sellers' market that does not want to impose its conditions but wants...
...will Venezuela exercise her new position of leadership in Latin America...
...believe that in this multipolar world, which has already definitely replaced the world of all-embracing leaderships, we should not talk about leadership by single countries. We must create Latin American leaderships so that our voice can be heard and our position respected in the different large blocs of countries into which humanity has been divided. Not blocs in the old sense of alliances, but in the sense of large economic groups with an identity of interest...
...involvement of the military in Latin American politics has, in general, differed little from one country to the next. In Argentina, in 1943, the army intervened and ousted a government characterized by political in-fighting that had created in the eyes of the military an image of civilian incompetence. In Brazil, in 1964, the armed forces assumed power when a left-leaning civilian president created deep social conflicts by his increasingly radical policies. In Chile, in 1973, the military took control of the country when it decided that the civilian government had adopted social and economic policies that had caused...
...Chilean situation differed from other Latin American national experiences in important aspects. Whereas the armed forces in such countries as Argentina and Brazil had a history of involvement in politics at the time of their coups, the Chilean military had abstained from political activity for 46 years. And whereas the previous experience with government had produced a certain level of political sophistication among Argentine and Brazilian military leaders, in Chile the military junta, on September 11, found itself in an unfamiliar position. Insulated from politics for decades, it had developed a parochial mentality comprised of intense anti-Marxism, a distrust...