Word: venezuela
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...widely hailed as a victory for patient U.S. diplomacy. After years of hostility, both South Africa and the militant South West African People's Organization (SWAPO) agreed to let the United Nations oversee the transition to independence of Namibia (South West Africa). But as events unfolded in the Venezuela-sized, mineral-rich territory last week, it became clear that much more patience and diplomacy will be needed, before South Africa relinquishes control over the land It has ruled since 1919 under an international mandate, that the U.N. revoked in 1966. As a U.S. official warned last week: "Things could...
...Caracas, Venezuela...
...most of South America, political power is conferred by the barracks rather than the ballot box. Only two of the continent's Latin nations (Colombia and Venezuela) are Western-style democracies; Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and Chile remain under more or less strict military control. In a few countries, however, the armed forces have been trying to ease their khaki embrace-so far with mixed results...
Gulfs crunch came in 1975. Kuwait, where Gulf had poured the bulk of its foreign investment money, took over the company's share of Kuwait Oil Co., with its wells, refineries and other facilities, cutting off Gulfs biggest and most profitable source of crude. Venezuela also took over Gulfs holdings. General Atomic, a joint Gulf-Royal Dutch/Shell venture, pulled out of the production of high-temperature nuclear gas reactors after heavy losses. Meantime, Gulf had missed out on most of the big U.S.oil strikes?the Rocky Mountains, west Texas, east Texas and Alaska...
...made progress in relating the U.S. to new forces in the world, to the new countries that have become more important recently, particularly in the Third World. We sense this at the United Nations. We sense it in relations with such countries as India, Nigeria, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Venezuela-newly influential countries which the President has visited...