Chilean economist speaks about neo-liberalism

dublin | worker & community struggles and protests | event notice Wednesday November 17, 2004 02:00 by TCD Anarchist Society

"Restructuring the US economy and the Annexation of Latin America"

Talk given by the Chilean economist Orlando Caputo Leiva.

The changes on the US economy have influenced their politics, and therefore, have dramatically altered the state of the whole world. In light of the economic restructuring of the USA, we can better understand how their policy regarding Latin America is leaning towards an integration that deepens dependency, through Free Trade Agreements.

These policies, of course, have as their main victims, the people of Latin America, who see their rights restricted and taken to the extremes, both the exploitation and the imperialist looting of our countries.


ARTS BLOCK, Room 5039, Trinity College.
Monday 22nd November, 7pm

Hosted by the Latin America Solidarity Centre and Trinity Anarchist Society.

All welcome.

"Restructuring the US economy and the Annexation of Latin America"

Talk given by the Chilean economist Orlando Caputo Leiva.

The changes on the US economy have influenced their politics, and therefore, have dramatically altered the state of the whole world. In light of the economic restructuring of the USA, we can better understand how their policy regarding Latin America is leaning towards an integration that deepens dependency, through Free Trade Agreements.

These policies, of course, have as their main victims, the people of Latin America, who see their rights restricted and taken to the extremes, both the exploitation and the imperialist looting of our countries.

The speaker is
*Co-ordinator of the Research Area of International Economic Relationships of the post-graduate studies department of UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico);
*member of the Research group on Latin America Globalisation, World Economy and National Economies of CLACSO (Latin American Council for Social Sciences).
*Ex-member of the Executive Council of CODELCO (Chilean National Copper Mining Company) appointed by president Salvador Allende (murdered in a US backed military coup in 1973),
*ex-general manager of CODELCO during the nationalisation of Copper Mining during the Unidad Popular government (1970-1973).

Some of his publications are:
*Dependencia y Relaciones Economicas Internacionales
(Dependency and International Economic Relationships
*La Globalizacion de la Economia Mundial y los L mites de la Ciencia Econ mica (Globalisation of the World Economy and the Limits of Economic Sciences)
*Capital son Fronteras (Capital Without Borders)
*La Sobreproduccion Mundial de Cobre Creada por Chile: Su Impacto en la Econom a Nacional, (World overproduction of Copper created from Chile: its impact over the national economy)
*La Economia Mundial y la Crisis Actual de la Econom a Chilena (World Economy and the Current Crisis of Chilean Economy


ARTS BLOCK, Room 5039, Trinity College.
Monday 22nd November, 7pm

Hosted by the Latin America Solidarity Centre and Trinity Anarchist Society.

All welcome.