Volume 10, Number 14, April 12, 1983
Interviews
Ricardo de la Espriella
by Carlos Wesley
The President of Panama discusses the possibility of a debtors’ cartel.
Juan José Amado
by Carlos Wesley
Panama’s Foreign Minister explains why his country opposes U.S. military intervention in Central America.
Uwe Parpart-Henke
The Fusion Energy Foundation research director elaborates at length on the points he made in the Associated Press interview which appeared worldwide.
Departments
Report from Italy
by Marco Fanini
A bitter cup for the D.A.
Dateline Mexico
by Josefina Menéndez
Chiapas again.
Congressional Closeup
by Ronald Kokinda and Susan Kokinda
Editorial
The New York Times: tactics and strategy.
Economics
Debt Pushed Off Agenda at the G-77 Meeting?
by Peter Ennis and Dennis Small
A first-hand report from Buenos Aires, where developing-sector nations put themselves under the thumb of the IMF’s Commonwealth proxies in preliminary sessions.
Volcker Faction Still Hopes To Force Cuts
by Kathy Burdman
The advocates of defense spending reductions are the sponsors of the “New Bretton Woods” proposal.
After the Oil Price Drop
by Judith Wyer
Saudi Arabia and Iraq have slowed project construction, and thus world trade.
Panama: Five Years of Nation-Building Threatened by Anti-Industrial Policies
by Carlos Wesley
The Barletta grouping wants a “service economy,” and the drive to expand population has been reversed, reports Carlos Wesley after an extended visit. Part Two of his report will focus on the need for a second Panama Canal.
Currency Rates
U.S. Forecasters Put Themselves on a Limb
by Leif Johnson
Banking
by Kathy Burdman
Business Briefs
Special Report
America Has the Science To Develop Beam Weapons
by Paul Gallagher
Laboratory Programs Show Near-Term Feasibility of Directed-Beam Defense
by Robert Gallagher
Nine Falsehoods About Beam Weapons
by Steven Bardwell
The Hoax of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty: Civilian and Military Progress Obstructed
by Robert Gallagher
ABM Accord Does Not Ban Beam Weaponry
How the Fusion Energy Foundation Fought for Energy-Beam Development
International
After the Reagan Speech, the Politicians Are Still Babbling
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
The President Has Put Moscow on the Spot
by Rachel Douglas
Europe Responds to the End of the MAD Era
Excerpts from the press and from statements by political leaders.
Israel and the Arab World Face a Growing Danger of Religious Wars
by Mark Burdman
New documentation concerning the fundamentalists’ controllers on both sides.
‘Brave New World’ in Olof Palme’s Sweden
by Claes Wahl
International Intelligence
National
Reagan Announces an Age of Scientific Progress
by Graham Lowry
How the President, the Defense Secretary, and other spokesmen have described the new military policy.
Unholy Alliance Keeps Up Reagangate Game
by Scott Thompson
The effort to oust General Rowny is part of the scenario.
Congressmen Begin To Consider Beam Weapons
by Susan Kokinda
Resolutions in the Senate could provide legislative backup for high-technology defense.
LaRouche Discusses the Bipartisan Challenge and the Question of his Presidential Candidacy
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
In the wake of the President’s historic policy shift.
Justice Department Covers for Murder
National News
