Word: supporting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Opponents of SALT II got some strong support from former President Gerald Ford. In Vladivostok in 1974 he had begun the negotiating process that led to the proposal now before the Senate. Ford said he could not back the treaty without the assurance that the U.S. would increase its military spending. Said he: "To use SALT as an answer to our defense needs is the most dangerous kind of wishful thinking...
...Carter Administration, the presence of this huge number of aliens poses a political dilemma: labor unions, whose support Carter needs for reelection, claim they take jobs from U.S. workers. On the other hand, the millions of Mexican immigrants add to the nation's fast-growing and generally Democratic population of Hispanics; they will probably displace blacks as the nation's largest minority by the next decade. In New York last week, López Portillo met with a coalition of Spanish-speaking leaders, who urged him to put pressure on Carter for a relaxation of U.S. immigration laws. If Carter does...
Because there is no other route to power, those with political ambitions must work their way up the P.R.I, ladder, slavishly following the policies of their superiors until a leader who shares their ideology assumes the presidency. As a result, new presidents are assured the unwavering support of the P.R.I, party structure...
...have occupied the land for centuries. Nevertheless, there are still 4.5 million landless campesinos. The gap is partly attributable to the fact that the rural poor are among the fastest-growing segments of Mexico's population. But the plight of the campesinos has been made worse by government support of agribusiness. Only about 15% of Mexico's land is suitable for cultivation. Most of this is farmed by huge agrarian combines that produce tomatoes, eggplants, chick peas, strawberries and asparagus for the export market rather than less profitable staples for domestic consumption. Mexico sells $1.1 billion worth of foodstuffs...
...P.R.I.'s middle-class supporters, who saw their savings and life-styles threatened. Mexico's support for a 1976 U.N. resolution equating Zionism with racism provoked a short-lived boycott of Mexican resorts by American Jewish tourists, thereby staggering an industry that is the nation's largest employer (460,000 jobs). Echeverria's unpopularity had its impact on the election of his successor. In an expression of discontent with the P.R.I., voters ignored the party's customary flamboyant campaign; only 50% of them bothered to cast their ballots...