Politics of conflict and containment: Ecuador's labor movement and U.S. foreign policy, 1944-1963

Article Abstract:

Internal as well as external forces were responsible for the divisiveness in Ecuador's labor movement. Such schisms were evident in the Confederacion de Trabajadores del Ecuador (CTE) and other labor unions, effectively preventing cooperation among the trade unions to serve as counterpoise among the business community, the armed forces and the conservatives and the handful of foreign firms controlling most of the country's wealth. In 1963, however, an anti-union policy was put in place by the junta de gobierno. By closing down the CTE and jailing labor leaders, it suppressed labor rights for three years. Collaborating with right-wing groups in Ecuador, the US played a crucial role in shaping labor policy and the labor movement during the Cold War.

Political activity, Labor relations, Ecuador, Labor unions, Labor movement

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Accommodation and recipient interest in Japan's foreign aid

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Japan has become the world's largest contributor of bilateral foreign aid in the 1990s. The country committed more than $13 billion in 1994 to foreign assistance, which is given in various forms of aid to over 120 nations in the developing world and Eastern Europe. Japan's aid program in Thailand and the Philippines since 1970 in terms of the recipient governments' development priorities and consequent implications for the manner in which foreign assistance is generally viewed are evaluated.

Japan, Thailand, International relations, International economic relations, Japanese foreign relations, Thai foreign relations, Philippines, Philippine foreign relations, Technical assistance, Foreign technical assistance

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Elements of Azerbaijan foreign policy

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This article addresses the complexities of Azerbaijan foreign relations since the demise of the Soviet Union. The author, maintaining Azerbaijan is facing many domestic and international challenges, argues the newly independent country has established close relations with the United States in an effort to decrease Russian influence.

Azerbaijan, Political aspects, Azerbaijani foreign relations

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