Word: socialized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Bernard Diederich, who has been chief of TIME's bureau in Mexico City for more than a decade. Yet cornmeal cliches have often flavored American thinking about the neighbor across the Rio Grande. This week's cover story, written by White and reported by Diederich, assesses the social, political and historical landscape of a country described by Diederich as "big, beautiful and as complicated as any on earth." The story also examines the issues raised by last week's visit of Mexican President José López Portillo to Washington. Says White: "We can no longer...
...John Paul, the tour was an opportunity to encourage American Catholics to tackle the social and religious problems that he considers most disturbing in Western society. Predicted a Vatican official on the eve of the trip: "The Pope is a born leader, and he will offer the American people the leadership for which they hunger...
...Just how much oil wealth will affect the average Mexican is uncertain. One worry is to what extent endemic corruption will siphon off some of those billions. Another is whether López Portillo's ambitious dreams of industrialization will really benefit the impoverished millions desperate for work, social services, or both. The 600,000 jobs promised by López Portillo, to cite one example, are 200,000 fewer than the number of youths who enter the work force every year. On balance, though, U.S. policymakers believe Mexico can surely avoid the kind of wrenching upheaval that led to revolution...
...basic charter. To prevent the rise of another Diaz-like strongman, it prohibits the re-election of most public officials, including the President. To protect the country's "patrimony" from foreign domination, it limits the ownership of land and natural resources to Mexican citizens. In the name of social progress, it promises free universal education and the restoration to the campesinos of the land that Diaz turned over to foreigners...
...nations of Africa, Tsongas told the group of about 30, are looking for social and economic development, and the United States has an "enormous capacity to be quite effective" in providing that...