UN General Assembly
1969

demonstrate the organizational progress, the technical advance, and the masses’ ability to achieve great feats even in the most adverse circumstances. The impetus given to agriculture will begin from 1970 to be reflected in continuous growth in the production of food-stuffs for domestic consumption and in the expansion of our export capacity. The imperialist blockade will go down in history as a futile example of arrogance and impotence. 34. What results can the puppet Governments of imperialism in Latin America present to their peoples and to the world? In the last 10 years the social, economic and political crisis of that continent has become more acute. Political instability and social insecurity are inseparable parts of the Latin American drama. At best the economy of Latin America remains static with a growing demographic burden; and in most countries it is deteriorating. Rates of illiteracy are still high; and poverty, disease and unemployment are certainly not hallucinations in the minds of those peoples, but rather heart-breaking tragedies. 35. The magical formula of the Alliance for Progress,