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	<title>The Official James Petras website</title>
	<link>https://petras.lahaine.org</link>
	<description>United States, Latin America, Middle East, Analysis</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 12:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Foreign investment: Prejudicial incentives</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/foreign-investment-prejudicial-incentives/</link>

		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2005 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Analysis</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/foreign-investment-prejudicial-incentives/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Much of what passes as favorable &#8216;market conditions&#8217; are in large part political decisions which maximize benefits to the MNC at the cost of the local economy, its tax payers, consumers and workers. The meaning [...]]]></description>

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		<title>A historic meeting - The Organization of American States - June 2005</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/a-historic-meeting-the-organization-of-american-states-june-2005/</link>

		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2005 01:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Latin America</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/a-historic-meeting-the-organization-of-american-states-june-2005/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Introduction
	While the media accounts focused on the diplomatic conflicts and polemics between the US and Venezuelan diplomats, there were deep structural issues which were overlooked. 
	A major result of the OAS meeting was the overwhelming [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Six myths about the benefits of foreign investment</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/six-myths-about-the-benefits-of-foreign-investment/</link>

		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2005 02:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Latin America</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/six-myths-about-the-benefits-of-foreign-investment/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Myth #1 - Foreign Investment (FI) creates new enterprises, gains or expands markets and stimulates new research and development of local technological &#8216;know-how&#8217;. 
	In fact most FI is directed toward buying privatized and profitable existing [...]]]></description>

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