Readers of the list may find useful my blog postings since August 16 on the natural resources of the world-system periphery. The posts include: “The open veins of Latin America: Gold and silver” 8/16/2013; “The open veins of Latin America: Sugar” 8/28/2013; “The open veins of Latin America: Coffee” 9/4/2013; “The open veins of Latin America: Rubber” 9/6/2013; “The open veins of Latin America: Coffee, Part II” 10/14/2013; “The open veins of Latin America: Bananas” 10/15/2013; “The underground sources of power” 10/16/2013; “Petroleum in Latin America” 10/17/2013; “Petroleum in Venezuela” 10/18/2013; “Venezuela and OPEC” 10/21/2013; “Copper in Chile” 10/22/2013; “Tin in Bolivia” 10/23/2013; “Iron in Venezuela and Brazil” 10/24/2013; and “The natural resources of the periphery” 10/25/2013.
See the blog at the Global Learning Website, “The View from the South: Commentaries on world events from the Third World perspective.” Find it at http://www.globallearning-cuba.com/blog-umlthe-view-from-the-southuml.html. Charles McKelvey Professor Emeritus Presbyterian College Clinton, South Carolina Research Affiliate Center for US and Hemispheric Studies University of Havana
