Volume 13, Number 19, May 9, 1986
Interviews
Luigi Tommaso Memmi, member of the Italian Parliament
by Fiorella Operto Filipponi
The Christian Democrat discusses the rationale for his legislation to bring the Bank of Italy under government control.
Departments
Strategic Map
The Global War on Narco-Terrorism: Where It Stands
Dateline Mexico
by Josefina Menéndez
Dollar Accounts Are for Drug Traffic.
Africa Report
by Mary Lalevée
Africa Facing Economic Disaster.
From New Delhi
by Susan Maitra
Model for “South-South” Cooperation?
Andean Report
by Javier Almario
Lara Bonilla Policy Still Prevails.
Report from Rome
by Fiorella Operto Filipponi
The Fraud of the Italian Recovery.
Southeast Asia
by Sophie Tanapura
Soviets Court Thai Government.
Editorial
Our British Cousins’ Queen.
Economics
U.S. Debt Bomb Spurs Economy toward Depression
by Christopher White
The Fed at last sees a problem in the growth of U.S. debt, but will it find a solution?
Bank of Italy May Lose Its ‘Divorce’
by Umberto Pascali
Currency Rates
Mexico’s ‘Parallel Markets’: A Tale of Dirty Money and the IMF
by Carlos Cota Meza
Maryland Health Crisis: TB Outbreak Ignored by State Officials
by Debra Freeman
Foreign Exchange
by David Goldman
The Dollar Becomes a “Doomsday Machine.”
Domestic Credit
by David Goldman
The Collapse of Bank Lending.
Banking
New Failures Rock Southwest Banking.
Business Briefs
Science & Technology
The Collapse of the U.S. Shipping Industry
by Thoula Frangos
The technology exists to reverse the catastrophic decline in U.S. shipping and the shipbuilding industry. But will it be used?
The History of Submarines and Nuclear Propulsion
Feature
Billion-Dollar Arms Bust Blows Israel’s Khomeini Connection
by Jeffrey Steinberg
The story behind the biggest arms-smuggling bust in history.
Israel’s Khomeini Arms Network
by Joseph Brewda
Cyrus Hashemi: Gun Runner for Sale
by Edward Spannaus
Document
Ibero-American Leaders Demand War on Narco-Banks
by Silvia Palacios and Valerie Rush
OAS Action Program for a War on Drugs
Excerpts from the anti-drug program approved at the Specialized Inter-American Conference on Drugs, sponsored by the Organization of American States in Rio de Janeiro.
War Against Narco-Terrorism Rages in Peru’s Upper Huallaga
by Orlando Carrera Lázaro
International
Is Soviet Culture Ready for the Nuclear Age?
by Criton Zoakos
The question raised in the wake of the Chernobyl plant disaster concerns the moral capacity of Soviet culture, not its technological development.
Global Showdown: Russians Rehearse Seizure of Norway
by Konstantin George
Panama Denounces State Dept. Plot; Opposition’s Drug Links Exposed
by Valerie Rush
Western Europe: Pro-Life Organizations Rally against Holland’s ‘Death Lobby’
A first-hand report from the front lines of the most advanced battle over euthanasia legislation.
International Intelligence
National
Gramm-Rudmanized Budget Passed by Senate
by Nicholas F. Benton
The Congress, driven by fear of the LaRouche alternative, is trying to slip one past the American people.
Budget Bill Argued before Supreme Court
by Sanford Roberts
Weinberger Asserts Six-Point Doctrine
by Nicholas F. Benton
EIR Releases Report on Crisis in Education
Space Program: Titan Explosion Creates Emergency; U.S. Without Heavy Launch Capability
by Robert Gallagher
Campaign 1986: High Stakes in Oregon Primary
by Marla Minnicino
Profile: Dr. Joseph Fletcher: A Man Who Thinks Infanticide ‘Humane’
by Linda C. Everett
Kissinger Watch
by M.T. Upharson
It’s Silly Season for Appeasers in Europe — A Back Channel to the U.S.S.R. — The Bilderbergers and Bonnie Prince Charlie.
Eye on Washington
by Nicholas F. Benton
Did Claiborne Pell Save Qaddafi’s Life? — Soviet SDI Goals “Different than Ours”.
Congressional Closeup
by Kathleen Klenetsky
National News
