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Ernest Rodriguez' "Impressions," 1960s-1980s

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terms, add to this the fact that Mexico's recent veto of sanctions against Cuba is based on jurisprudence, namely the non-intervention and self-determination clauses in the OAS constitution and we find that the influence of elections still 3 years away is an absurdity.
Each and every Latin American country has its own particular and varied reason for the way they vote in the OAS. Perhaps some may vote for the reason you imply to retain the motive for the Alliance for Progress and the promising benefits. But at the same time it must be noted that there are thousands, if not millions, of starving families in Latin America who are unlikely to question and define the politics or ideological philosophy of anyone who places bread and butter on their table, their primary concern at the moment. At best there are some Latin American countries who think they are capable of repressing any internal upheavals that Communist infiltration might give rise to.
The political reality comingjout of Punta del Este is this; we must realize that in any world organization we have got to accept and abide by favorable as well as unfavorable decisions. Furthermore the U.D. would err in doing it alone to administer political and economic blows to rout Castro and restore Cuba to respectability. If the U.S. did this, Castro would regain some of his lost prestige among Latin Americans comparable to our loss of same [some?] fornot respecting the essential function of the OAS. Besides such sanctions would prove ineffective as it did in the case of the ill-fated trade embargo against Mexico by American industry as the rengeful aftermath of the oil expropriations.

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terms, add to this the fact that Mexico's recent veto of sanctions against Cuba is based on jurisprudence, namely the non-intervention and self-determination clauses in the OAS constitution and we find that the influence of elections still 3 years away is an absurdity. Each and every Latin American country has its own particular and varied reason for the way they vote in the OAS. Perhaps some may vote for the reason you imply to retain the motive for the Alliance for Progress and the promising benefits. But at the same time it must be noted that there are thousands, if not millions, of starving families in Latin America who are unlikely to question and define the politics or ideological philosophy of anyone who places bread and butter on their table, their primary concern at the moment. At best there are some Latin American countries who think they are capable of repressing any internal upheavals that Communist infiltration might give rise to. The political reality comingjout of Punta del Este is this; we must realize that in any world organization we have got to accept and abide by favorable as well as unfavorable decisions. Furthermore the U.D. would err in doing it alone to administer political and economic blows to rout Castro and restore Cuba to respectability. If the U.S. did this, Castro would regain some of his lost prestige among Latin Americans comparable to our loss of same [some?] fornot respecting the essential function of the OAS. Besides such sanctions would prove ineffective as it did in the case of the ill-fated trade embargo against Mexico by American industry as the rengeful aftermath of the oil expropriations.