
United Fruit is Not Chiquita
During a visit to Trinidad and Tobago in June, I had the privilege of spending time with Gordon Rohlehr, the ...

CAPITAL: Electrical Equipment: Foreign Profit Circuit
Since the turn of the century, as we saw in the history of Mexico's electrical power industry, monopolies like General ...

Foreign Investment and the Multinational Corporation: The Impact of U.S. Controls on Foreign Investm...
The following speeches by John J. Powers, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer of one of the largest pharmaceutical corporations ...

Democracy Enhancements’-U.S. Style
The U.S. government saw the emergence of Haiti's popular movement as a threat, which it attempted to contain and counter ...

Making the World Bank More Accountable: Activism in the South
The World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) extol the importance of involving civil society in the projects that ...

Back on the Agenda Ten Years After the Debt Crisis
This summer, over 2000 activist, politicians and policymakers gathered in Caracas with the aim of reinserting the debt back in ...

Yanqui, Si! : Indiana Dairyman Finds Fun and Mucho Profit in Bolivia
ANDERSON, Ind.-Question: Why should Dallas Hardacre, a successful, conservative dairyman, suddenly decide to invest a substantial part of his personal ...

CAPITAL: The Electrical Industry
U.S. companies have played a central role in the economic development of Mexico since the mid-1800s. Over the years, however, ...