Venezuela

This article on Venezuela was originally scheduled to appear in the March issue, coincident with the opening of the Caracas Conference of the Organization of American States. Because of illness, the author was unable to complete it in time. Its timeliness, however, is hardly less this month than last: Venezuela has become the standard example in American government and business circles of the blessings a backward country can derive from foreign investment of capital within its borders. Read-and then judge for yourself. Elena de la Souchère, a Spanish Republican now living in France, is the outstanding writer in the French left press on Spanish and Latin American subjects. Her articles appear regularly in L'Obsercateur, Les Temps Modernes, Cahiers Lntern ationaux, Esprit, and other journals. This article is the first of a series Mlle. de la Souchère will write for MR on the most important Latin American countries. —The EditorsThis article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website

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