Car Wars
UnpublishedJuly/August
1979
Volume:
13
Number:
4
Article
Josue W. Hoyt
In the large town Vitonico the son of the star Juan Tama studied the coca leaves and fortold: even more terrible times will come times of war and bloodshed where every voice that rises shall be silenced. They will destroy the earth and flesh; they will strive to erase eternally our language.
Rick Kronish & Ken Mericle
As the economic crisis of the mid-70s heats up competition among the transnational cor- porations (TNCs), profitable foreign manufacturing operations as well as ex- panded foreign markets have taken on a new significance. For the transnational motor vehicle corporations, Latin America rep- resents the largest market in the under- developed world, and is therefore a likely site in which to expand production.
It is no news to anyone that we are experi- encing the second major energy crisis of the decade. Everything from President Carter's unpopularity to the disaster at Three Mile Island seems to relate to the "shortage" of energy.
THE "ABC" COUNTRIES Laura Randall, An Economic History of Argentina in the Twentieth Century (Columbia University Press, 1978). $17.
NEW MEXICO BOOK PUBLISHED NACLA has just published Beyond the Border, an examina- tion of the social, political and economic ties between Mexico and the United States. The book brings together for the first time revised and updated materials from past NACLA Reports on border industries, Mexican labor struggles, and rural under- development.
James G. Goff
Convoked to study the "Evan- gelization in the Present and Future of Latin America," the Third General Conference of Latin America Bishops met in Puebla, Mexico, January 27 to February 13 this year. Behind the innocuous sounding agenda a major struggle in the Catholic Church of this con- tinent was going on to determine the Church's role in Latin American society.
In the three decades since the Second World War, the auto manufacturers of Europe and Japan have struggled to break Detroit's stranglehold on the world motor vehicle market. A significant number, in- cluding Volkswagon, Fiat, Renault, Toyota and Nissan (Datsun), have not only survived the battle but have achieved junior status among the world's auto titans, experiencing a significant increase in size and financial strength, with a corresponding growth in their multinational operations.