Mariya’s Reviews > Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent > Status Update
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"We are not in a position to take measures against foreign trade, particularly British, because we are bound to that nation by large debts and would expose ourselves to a rupture which would cause much harm..." The use of debt as an instrument of blackmail is not, as we can see, a recent U.S. invention."
— Aug 26, 2022 11:07PM
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"Poor Mexico! So far from God and so close to the United States!"
— Aug 10, 2022 04:35PM
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"The rich countries that preach free trade apply stern protectionist policies against the poor countries: they turn everything they touch - including the underdeveloped countries' own production - into gold for themselves and rubbish for others."
— Jul 10, 2022 05:40PM
Mariya
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The Indians have suffered, and continue to suffer, the curse of their own wealth; that is the drama of all Latin America."
"Nature's very generosity makes them targets of plunder and crime."
— Jun 07, 2022 03:12PM
"Nature's very generosity makes them targets of plunder and crime."