EIR Volume 18, Number 38, October 4, 1991

Volume 18, Number 38, October 4, 1991

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Interviews

Marko Veselica

The president of the Croatian Democratic Party and a longtime political prisoner of the communist regime in Yugoslavia discusses his country’s strategic battle.

Book Reviews

The Lee Myth Is Debunked, But Not the More Dangerous Myth-Makers

by Frederic Henderson

Lee Considered: General Robert E. Lee and Civil War History, by Alan T. Nolan.

Departments

Dateline Mexico

by Carlos Cota Meza

Will the Peso Be Pegged to the Dollar?

Vatican

by Maria Cristina Fiocchi and Giuseppe Matteucci

“Beware of Tolstoyan Christianity.”

Andean Report

by Cynthia R. Rush

Kissinger Pals in Trouble in Venezuela.

Science & Technology

Reality of Cold Fusion Can No Longer Be Denied

by Fujio Nakano

Japanese writer Fujio Nakano reports on the scientific breakthroughs that some people, strangely, would like to suppress: excess heat production and 100% repeatability. While MIT and the Anglo-American science establishment are trying to put the genie back in the bottle, some surprises may soon be in store from Japan.

Economics

Even ‘Experts’ Fret over October Financial Bust

by Stephen Parsons

While the Wall Street tea-leaf readers are babbling about October being “a bad month,” European bankers are more sober. They say that the “light at the end of the tunnel” which U.S. economists think they see, is really the headlights of an oncoming train.

Bush’s Medicaid Rules Threaten Lives

by Linda Everett

Currency Rates

Iowa Meeting Launches U.S. Drive for Eco-92

by Leif Johnson

CIA: Don’t Build Up Former East Bloc

by Gabriele Liebig

A Concrete Proposal for Solving the Collapse of the World Economy

by Helga Zepp-LaRouche

A speech by Helga Zepp-LaRouche, president of the Schiller Institute in Germany, to a conference in Vienna organized by the International Progress Organization.

Agriculture

by Marcia Merry

Cartels Cry for Protection!

Business Briefs

Feature

Will Brazil Fire Its Kooky New Age Environment Czar?

by Silvia Palacios

The “war” between EIR’s Brazil correspondent and Environment Secretary José Lutzenberger is getting hot. The special commission of the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies which is investigating the “internationalization of the Amazon” is now demanding Lutzenberger’ s resignation, citing his funding by the Gaia Foundation, a London-based Mother Earth cult.

Stop ‘Eco-92,’ Warns EIR Correspondent in Brazil

Documentation: Presentation by EIR’s Lorenzo Carrasco Bazúa at the National Press Club in Washington.

Gaia Foundation Fundraises for Brazil’s José Lutzenberger

Brazilian Press Covers Fracas over Lutzenberger

New Age Kook Maurice Strong in Charge of Earth Summit

by Kathleen Klenetsky

The man in charge of running Eco-92 is a certifiable lunatic.

International

Bush Proclaims a Brave New World of ‘Universal Peace’

by Joseph Brewda

Peace under the “Perm Five” of the U.N. Security Council, means that any country that opposes being looted to death by the IMF will get the Iraq treatment.

Profile of David Kay Bares Intelligence Ties

by Joseph Brewda

Croatia Is Reaching Out To Rejoin Western Civilization

An interview with Marko Veselica.

Menem Throws Clutch into Reverse, Drives Argentina Hurtling Backwards

by Cynthia R. Rush

Bush Aids Communism in Ibero-America

by Valerie Rush

‘The End of an Era’ for the Philippines

by Lydia Cherry

Israeli Land Seizures, Settlements Violate International Law

From a report by the Palestinian human rights organization Al-Haq, documenting Israel’s policies in defiance of international law.

International Intelligence

National

U.S. Case Against Noriega Called ‘Shockingly Weak’

by Carlos Wesley

The prosecution has spent up to $6 million to buy witnesses, the judge has barred defense evidence implicating George Bush, and in general the railroad is running in Miami. But even so, defense lawyers are ripping up the lying testimony of the convicted drug runners who are taking the stand.