Word: mexicanization
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...positions taken last week by the two most populous countries suggested a clear answer: No. Brazil's Prime Minister Hermes Lima told a delegation of Castroites in Rio that Brazil will never support punitive measures against Cuba simply because it has a different regime from other American countries. Mexican President Adolfo Lopez Mateos told a press conference that he did not consider "Cuban subversion" a threat, and that action would be warranted only if another nation were the victim of an ''unprovoked" armed attack...
...glossy Mexico City hotel last week to analyze what is wrong with the economy of Latin America. Before them was a massive, 484-page report compiled jointly by the U.N. and the Organization of American States. Two words among the thousands summed up the situation: "relative stagnation." A Mexican delegate put it more bluntly. "I prefer to call it plain stagnation...
...DOGMA. Mexican and Canadian bishops are believed to be ready to lobby for a dogma of the church-that Mary the mother of Christ is the mediatrix of all God's grace to man. But a majority of the prelates seem sure that such a doctrine is not "mature" in the mind of the church. Besides, notes one associate of the Pope, "It is not necessary to propose new doctrines which might disturb Protestants and Eastern Christians. We say 'Jesus, Mary and Joseph,' and people think this is some sort of Catholic trinity. This does not presume...
...freshmen glee club was swamped with hopeful singers. The orchestra, with the selling point of its Mexican tour, discovered numerous new prospects...
...company's profits the stockholders should keep and how much should go to the workers. The committee would be composed of government, management and labor representatives, each with equal representation. But there lies the trouble. Because they regard all labor unions as, in effect, arms of the Mexican government, many businessmen feel that management would be outnumbered 2 to 1. Unwilling to run the risk of antagonizing the Mexican government under such circumstances, local businessmen said nothing publicly. Privately, most agreed with a U.S. industrialist who said that "how dangerous it is depends on how it is managed...