Word: exploitationism
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The conditions created under Spanish colonial exploitation and perpetuated by a rawly opportunistic and corrupt ruling class itself under the thumbs of Norteamericano gangsters and businessmen did make life indefensibly miserable for the majority of Cubans. The present regime has made astounding and laudible progress in eliminating hunger, disease, illiteracy...
Cuba's illiteracy rate is the lowest of any country in Latin America, and new schools and hospitals dot the country. The rich businessmen and the suffering they brought have been banished from the island. The Cuban people have gained a sense of purpose, a growing feeling of dignity, and...
Burger brushed aside dissenting attempts to "sound the alarm of repression." Actually, he said, "to equate the free and robust exchange of ideas and political debate with commercial exploitation of obscene material demeans . . . the First Amendment and its high purposes in the historic struggle for freedom." Courts can distinguish between...
Set in the arid plains of western Texas, the small city of Odessa (pop. 79,000) was built for one reason: exploitation of the immense oil deposits that lie around it. But today's riches disguise tomorrow's problem. The oil reserves will run out in 15 to...
The Japanese are apprehensive that Moscow will seek to use favorable agreements with the U.S. or West Germany to pressure Tokyo into more favorable terms in the joint exploitation and development of Siberian gas and oil. The Russians are seeking $1 billion in credits from Tokyo for the 2,000mile...