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...Many Americans came to feel the U.N. had become a forum for Third World radicalism and anti-American actions...
...very well understand American disillusionment and irritation. One must also remember that it was the U.S. that pioneered decolonization, which gave birth to the Third World. There was a kind of adolescent period, I think, in the newly independent developing world where people became, as adolescents often do, extremely radical. The typical example of this trend, the assembly resolution equating Zionism with racism, was a totally counterproductive move...
...many of them opted for any of the 17 other candidates who were also vying for the White House. Unofficial figures for the third-party alternatives released last week by the Associated Press show that the top vote getter was Libertarian Ron Paul with 409,412, followed by the New Alliance Party's Lenora Fulani with 201,430. "None of the above" came in eleventh by earning 6,923 ballots nationwide. Trailing the pack: Third World Assembly nominee John Martin with 229 votes. Despite his low tally, Paul insists, "we don't get discouraged. The only thing that counts...
...tobacco and food giant has been called unethical for its aggressive cigarette promotion in Third World countries and for its role as the fourth-largest U.S. company doing business in South Africa...
DEMOCRATIZATION: this has been the justification for Republican foreign policy initiatives in the Third World. It is loosely based upon the Monroe Doctrine and its alleged goal is to keep Communism out of the Western hemisphere. In reality, this is the rationale used by Republican administrations to support right-wing dictatorships in developing nations. This often means--as in the case of Nicaragua--trying to overthrow a democratically-elected government and replacing it with a band of right-wing mercenaries. This is the strategy for increasing AMERICAN CORPORATE INVESTMENT IN THE THIRD WORLD...