POLB90H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Plan Colombia, Resource Curse, General Agreement On Tariffs And Trade
11 Dec 2015
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International lobbying activities: un center on transnational corporations, un food and agriculture organization (fao, un conference on trade and development (unctad, gatt and wto, imf and the world bank. What gives mncs their power: their control of the most important economic activity in the country (mining, petroleum, their importance in creating jobs, their enormous political clout with their home governments, their alliance with local elites. Mncs petroleum and mining: the case of chile: 1970-1973, salvador allende, president of chile, 1970-73, anaconda kennecott (u. s. owned copper mining companies) (did not reinvest) U. s. actions against chile: credit blockade: no long-term loans, cia financially supported opposition strikes, u. s. support for military coup plans. Colombia: mncs, paramilitaries, guerrillas and the state: paramilitary: a group of civilians (usually former police officers and/or soldiers) organized into a military force to carry out military operations. Unfortunately, he fails to provide us with a satisfactory solution.
