Born in Cuba, he was a financial manager at a cement company when Fidel nationalized private industry.

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Pemex was born in 1938 after Mexico nationalized its oil industry, a key moment in Mexican nationalism.

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She shattered the power of British labor unions while forcing the Labour Party to say bye-bye to nationalized industry and hello to a severely reduced welfare state and free markets.

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