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By Ruy Mauro Marini, a Brazilian who has written numerous books and articles on Latin America. He is currently a professor of sociology at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico.
By Theotonio Dos Santos, Brazilian author of numerous books and articles on imperialism and dependency, who is now associated with the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. This article is a revised version of "The Crisis of the Brazilian Miracle," published by Brazilian Studies/Latin America Research Unit (Box 6 73, Adelaide St.
Michael Klare
In June 1976, in one of his first major foreign policy statements, Jimmy Carter raised what was to become a principal theme of his campaign for the presidency: the uncontrolled growth in U.S.
MEXICO ASSAULT ON LABOR MEXICO CITY - 12,000 police, armed with high-powered rifles, machine guns and grenade launchers, occupied the Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in the early dawn of July 7, arresting more than 530 striking workers and professors. The principal strike leaders were kidnapped the previous day by plainclothes police agents, during a militant march of more than 100,000 strike supporters in downtown Mexico City.