Volume 19, Number 14, April 3, 1992
Interviews
Jacques Cheminade
by Christine Schier
The president of the French Schiller Institute discusses the tumultuous changes taking place in France, including the cantonal elections, and frame-up charges against him and three associates.
Vittorio Sbardella
An Italian congressman and friend of the late Sicilian politician Salvo Lima discusses foreign meddling in Italy’s politics and the need for a debt moratorium now.
Book Reviews
Gore’s New Book Sets Agenda for Environmentalist Dictatorships
by Margaret Sexton
Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit, by Sen. Al Gore.
Strategic Studies
Yanomami Reserve: A Plot To Limit Brazil’s Sovereignty
by Silvia Palacios
At the behest of the Anglo-Americans, President Collor has locked up a large chunk of Brazil’s mineral and natural wealth, and betrayed the nation’s security and sovereignty, on a reserve of 9 million hectares for a tribe of 4,000.
Documentation: A spokesman for the Brazilian Lawyers Institute denounces “the gravest crime that can be done to a nation.”
Prince Philip Migrates South for Spring
by Scott Thompson
Departments
Report from Bonn
by Rainer Apel
The Depression that Won’t Go Away.
Report from Rio
by Geraldo Luis Zaraiva Lino
Environmental Policy Solidified.
Andean Report
by Manuel Hidalgo
Shining Path Offensive Builds.
Editorial
Who Are the Pedophiles and Swindlers?
Economics
GATT, NAFTA Talks Renewed Amid Production Collapse
by Marcia Merry
The only economic indicators that are rising are trade disputes and threats of trade war.
Croatia’s ‘Economic Messenger’: Has ‘Shock Therapy’ Helped East Europe?
by Steve Corkovic
A report from Privredni Vjesnik on the November 1991 Schiller Institute “Productive Triangle” conference in Berlin.
Why ‘Free Market’ Means Cannot Solve the Present Economic Crisis
by William Engdahl
A post mortem on the late Friedrich von Hayek.
North Plans To Grab South’s Resources under Bio-Diversity Treaty
by Ramtanu Maitra and Susan Maitra
Currency Rates
Susnoy Bar Leak Used To Boost ‘Green Police’
by Mark Burdman
Elephant Policy Shows Oligarchic Insanity
by Lydia Cherry
Banking
by John Hoefle
The RTC Declares Victory.
Business Briefs
Feature
The Fraud behind Chile’s Economic ‘Success Story’
by Peter Rush and Dennis Small
Chile is the “good boy” of the free market model cooked up by the Chicago School of Milton Friedman et al. In 18 years of Chicago School dictatorship, Chile never missed a debt payment—while employment tumbled, investment dried up, and living standards hit rock bottom. Only by 1990 did the economy crawl its way back to per capita levels of output and income of 20 years earlier.
International
Demands of Human Beings Could Derail Earth Summit
by Kathleen Klenetsky
“The whole thing is falling apart,” wail the promoters of the zero-growth extravaganza. A senior British analyst complains that a backlash is building in the Third World against the malthusian agenda of the Rio summit organizers.
New Evidence Emerges in the Herrhausen Assassination Case
by Helga Zepp-LaRouche
Revelations of former Pentagon official Col. Fletcher Prouty have appeared in the Italian press.
Israel, Turkey Likeliest Pawns in New Wars
by Joseph Brewda
Carlos Menem Fears Anti-IMF Backlash
by Cynthia R. Rush
In Venezuela, the U.S. Tries To Keep Dike from Breaking
by Carlos Wesley
Will Colombia Tread Venezuela’s Path?
by Valerie Rush
Whites Vote To Continue Reforms in South Africa
by Allen Douglas
Italian Assassination Puts Spotlight on Kissinger Again
by Umberto Pascali
The parties that benefit are claiming it was “inter-mafia” rivalries.
A Day with the Russian Army
by Konstantin George
International Intelligence
National
Bare Ford-Rockefeller Plan To Invade Nigeria, Venezuela
A study prepared for the U.S. Congress in August 1975 reveals that the United States considered military action to seize oil fields on three continents.
New Light on Desert Storm
by Joseph Brewda
Jerry Brown and His Agenda for the Destruction of America
by Brian Lantz
Political Upheaval Starts To Hit U.S.
by H. Graham Lowry
Elephants & Donkeys
by Kathleen Klenetsky
Bill Clinton’s Cocaine Connection.
Congressional Closeup
by William Jones
National News
