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[email protected] and via its website at www.oceanbooks.com.au Our America and Theirs Kennedy and the Alliance for Progress — The Debate at Punta del Este Contents Preface 1 Introduction 9 ECONOMICS CANNOT BE SEPARATED FROM POLITICS Speech at Punta del Este (August 8, 1961) 19 THE REAL ROAD TO DEVELOPMENT Second Speech at Punta del Este (August 16, 1961) 69 THE BATTLE IS NOT YET DECIDED Press Conference in Cuba on the Punta del Este Conference (August 23, 1961) 81 Copyright 2005 Aleida March, Che Guevara Studies Center and Ocean Press. Reprinted with their permission. Not to be reproduced in any form without the written permission of Ocean Press. For further information contact Ocean Press at
[email protected] and via its website at www.oceanbooks.com.au Copyright 2005 Aleida March, Che Guevara Studies Center and Ocean Press. Reprinted with their permission. Not to be reproduced in any form without the written permission of Ocean Press. For further information contact Ocean Press at
[email protected] and via its website at www.oceanbooks.com.au ECONOMICS CANNOT BE SEPARATED FROM POLITICS Speech at Punta del Este (August 8, 1961) Che Guevara’s speech on behalf of the Cuban government to the ministerial meeting of the Inter-American Economic and Social Council (CIES), sponsored by the Organization of American States (OAS) at Punta del Este, Uruguay, on August 8, 1961.