Word: latinizing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...early pledge by the Carter Administration to avoid military or covert intervention in Latin affairs...
From the Monroe Doctrine through John Kennedy's Alliance for Progress, U.S. policy toward Latin America has been based on the assumption of a "special relationship" with the region. For their part, Latin Americans have often resented the paternalistic hegemony of "the Colossus of the North." Almost as irritating has been the U.S. habit of ignoring the Southern Hemisphere except in times of crisis. Last week the independent but influential Commission on U.S.-Latin American Relations issued a trenchant appeal for change in U.S. policy, "not because of hidden dangers, but because of latent opportunities...
Headed by Sol Linowitz, former Xerox board chairman and U.S. Ambassador to the Organization of American States during Lyndon Johnson's presidency, the commission urged the "new President, Congress" and the American people to undertake a review of Latin policy. Among its recommendations...
...first firm clues to Carter's approach to a Third World policy. Human rights are stressed: "The United States should not in any way abet repressive actions or allow itself to be associated with brutally repressive governments." The report cautions against any attempt to dictate the form of Latin governments, but it strongly urges a cutoff of military aid to countries like Chile whose ruling regimes flagrantly violate civil liberties...
Heavy Obligations. Noting that 100 million Latin Americans live in extreme poverty, the commission would shift to the poorest nations all direct aid by the U.S. To help more developed countries like Brazil and Mexico, it favors large grants of new capital to international lending agencies. Such funding could enable the World and Inter-American Development banks to ease the burden of recession-generated debt that now erodes up to 40% of export earnings of some Latin American na tions. Says Linowitz: "We're focusing on how to permit these people to go forward without being strangled by their...