Ecuador: Oil Up for Grabs
After the triumph of Cuba’s 1959 revolution, the country established a state socialist regime based on the Soviet model. This ...
‘The South Also Exists,’ as the Third World Once Did
In my childhood, Latin America had only three countries: Argentina, Brazil, and Cuba. ABC. I would hear of Argentina and ...
I. SEEDS OF HUNGER: ROOTS OF REBELLION
In 1959, the Cuban Revolution startled the U.S. government into realizing that the seething poverty of Latin America's peasant masses ...
Jamaica vs. the Transnationals: Battle Over Bauxite
The Jamaican government took several important steps vis-a-vis the bauxite industry in 1974. First, it began negotiations with the companies ...
Bauxite Dependency: Roots of Crisis
Two of Jamaica's most popularly known exports to the U.S. are reggae music and "ganja," the potent marijuana that flourishes ...
Serving Foreigners
WHEN A U.S. COURT FROZE $60 MILLION IN VYthe National Bank of Panama's accounts in the United States last March, ...
