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Venezuela and the U.S.
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Item Title Venezuela and the U.S.
Guest Faud, Kim
Guest Mayobre, Jose Antonio
Guest Mann, Joseph
Host Buckley, William F., Jr. (1925-2008)
Date CreatedOctober 04, 1976
Description

More on Venezuela, with the panelists from the show with Governor Arria

returning as guests. A lively discussion of the road to democracy, Latin America's

relations with the United States, and experiments by other Latin countries, especially the Friedmanites in Chile. JAM: "Let me ask you a question. Where is the borderline ... between being a demagogue and being a democrat? If there is one, and I think there is one, what we are trying to do here is not simply give a so-called voice to the people. Did they really have a voice in Argentina [under Peron]?" WFB: "Well, they certainly understood themselves as having a voice.... That's why I think that when you talk about strengthening democratic institutions by making the government responsive to the voice of the people you need to make a qualification, don't you?" JAM: "I don't think I said 'responsive to the voice of the people.' I think letting the people express themselves through their institutions--that means congress; that means the executive branch; that means the courts of the judiciary system, even the vote itself." ... KF: "A lot of countries ... do feel it [foreign investment] is imperialism.... They feel that they've really got an anchor around their neck. This anchor may have an ITT label on it, or an Exxon label, or what have you. But they definitely feel that their progress politically shouldn't have a handbrake on it with a 'Made in U.S.A.' mark on it."

Language(s)
Country of Origin
Place RecordedCaracas, Venezuela
DimensionsDuration: 60 minutes
FormatText
Medium television programs
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Color
color
Soundtrack
sound
Hoover IDProgram S0256
Record Number80040.496
NotesVideo available through special order.
RightsCopyright held by Stanford University. This copy is provided for educational and research purposes only. No publication, further reproduction, or reuse of copies, beyond fair use, may be made without the express written permission of the Hoover Institution Library & Archives on behalf of Stanford University.

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