Third World asks for new economic order
Demands for a New Interna
tiona) Economic Order by Third
World countries have developed
into a farce according to political
science Prof. Tom Thompson.
Thompson, speaking Tues
day to a crowd of about 40 in a
speech sponsored by the
Foreign Student Organization,
said the Third World is demand
ing the NIEO because they feel
the current system of Third
World dependency on the de
veloped countries is illegitimate.
But, he says the developed
nations feel the system is justifi
able because all nations of the
world eventually benefit from it.
He also says it is not realistic to
expect the more affluent nations
to act in any way except in their
own interests.
“The strong will take what they
can and the weak will surrender
what they must,” Thompson
says. But he also describes the
current distribution of wealth in
the world, which the NIEO hopes
to change, as “shameful.”
Thompson says he sees
some improvement in the world
economic situation as the United
States comes to depend less on
direct foreign investment in the
Third World and depends more
on commerce with Third World
nations. Trade by the U.S. has
doubled in the last 10 years and
currently one-fourth of U.S. ex
ports go to non-OPEC underde
veloped countries.
Thompson also says Third
World nations with raw materials
are finding themselves in better
bargaining positions with U.S.
and European mining firms.
When a firm is first negotiating
to enter a country to develop a
natural resource, the firm has
the upper hand, he says. But
after the firm comes in and
makes a large investment, it
finds itself in a much weaker
bargaining position.
Thompson says nearly all
concession contracts are re
negotiated within five years of
the time a company enters a
country.
He also says that American
firms, realizing that direct milit
ary intervention into foreign
countries is no longer likely, are
developing methods to combat
the increased negotiating power
of Third World nations.
Kennecott Copper Company,
when it reinvested in Chile fol
lowing the military coup in 1973,
set up a complex financial ar
rangement; if its mines were
nationalized without compensa
tion, Chilean property through
out Europe would be seized.
Thompson is also pessimistic
about the likelihood of major
transfers of technology taking
place between developed and
less-developed countries. He
says American corporations
generally center their technol
ogy in the U.S. or Europe.
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theater because they didn't have
the "chance to go to the theater,”
Joan Jara says.
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rounded by the army and several
thousand students and teachers
were trapped inside, together with
Victor," she says. "The next morn
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taken prisoner — Victor was im
mediately recognized and given
“special" treatment.
"Many witnesses reported that
he behaved with great courage,
that he sang there in the boxing
stadium, that they (the guards)
broke his hands and after two
days, killed him with machine
guns.”
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