It ends with the hegemony of the United States of America and the economic dominance of American and European agricultural and mercantile corporations.

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Yet we also want to be protected from the downside, the job insecurity that results from greater foreign competition and the cultural hegemony of the United States.

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Impatient with the American backing of what he views as conservative and right wing governments, Lula wants to replace the hegemony of the United States in the region and wants Brazil to occupy that position, instead.

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On NBC yesterday, National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley said the United States was resisting an Iranian effort to establish its hegemony throughout the region.

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Tehran dubbed the United States "the Great Satan" and accused it of seeking "global hegemony".

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