Word: quiroga
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Latins are not dependent because we are poor," says the socialist-minded Bolivian ex-Minister of Mines, Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz. "On the contrary, we are poor because we are dependent." In an effort to decrease its dependence on the U.S., Latin America is now looking elsewhere for economic and military aid, chiefly to Europe, Japan and even the Soviet Union. In the past few years Moscow has established diplomatic relations with eight Latin American countries and sharply increased its trade with them to more than $300 million annually. France has invaded a traditional U.S. aircraft market with Mirage jets...