Dr. Loen Lederman. stated: Development [resulting from science and technology] will serve to diminish the severe social and economic problems [in Latin America]. leading to greater political stability and. for the U.S.. a more sophisticated set of customers for our products and a greater choice of products for our consumers. President De Gortari of Mexico has stated that "the creation of new Jobs is the only answer to immigration. we should be exporting products. not people." Certainly. science and technology are the building blocks of economic development. Besides strengthening Latin Americas infrastructure for science and technology. expanded cooperation with the United States should lead to wider practical application of scientific advances in industrial development. agricultural production. environmental protection. health care and other fields. During the sixties and seventies. the United States provided the resources necessary to help develop Latin Americas infrastructure for science and engineering. thousands of scientists were trained. largely in the United States.
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