This local economic power, instead of allowing for certain autonomy as to foreign capital, as proposed by Mexican president Salinas de Gortari and now by Brazilian head of state, Cardoso, has been helpless even to defend its own terrain in the face of the concurrence of worldwide giants. At the same time, it has been a valuable agent of the take over by imperialism, on which they depend for financial, commercial, technological and even political support.
Este poder económico local, en lugar de permitir cierta autonomía ante el capital extranjero, como proponía Salinas de Gortari y ahora repite Cardoso, se ha demostrado impotente incluso para defender su propio terreno ante la competencia de los gigantes de peso mundial, a la vez que es un inmejorable agente de la penetración del imperialismo, del que dependen financiera, comercial, tecnológica y políticamente.