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Philip E. Wheaton
By the early morning of May 17, 1978, it had become clear that the Revolutionary Dominican Party (PRD)-populist, social-democratic and reformist-- was building to a substantial victory over President...
Steve Volk
Over the past two years, U.S. - based oil firms have been picking up copper companies at a dizzying rate. And while these purchases may seem questionable...
Guatemala News and Information Bureau
"It took just a few minutes of solid, frenzied gun-fire for the Guatemalan Army to clear the village square at Panzos. When the shooting stopped, bodies of children, women and men lay bleeding among the trees.
Steve Volk
For a paltry $50,000 you and your multinational corporation can peek into the crystal ball of the future. Or, at least, you can get a sense of what might be happening in the world over the next five years...
AMERICAS Lloyd Best, Power and Politics in Trinidad and Tobago, Institute for Policy Studies, Washington, D.C.

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Barbara Stallings
The dominant trend in U.S.- Latin American financial relations during the 1970's has been "privatization." After 40 years of hovering in the wings while bilateral aid and multilateral agencies played the key role, the private banking sector has...
Julian Martel
One of foreign capital's major objectives in Argentina has been to gain control of its public sector, and more specifically its state- owned enterprises. The present military regime is offering ...