Volume 22, Number 34, August 25, 1995
Departments
Report from Bonn
by Rainer Apel
Deconstruction of Construction Sector.
Andean Report
by Manuel Hidalgo
Coca Economy Flags in Peru.
Editorial
Death Be Not Proud.
Investigation
The Abscam Assault Helped Shut Down the U.S. Economy
by Mary Jane Freeman
The impotent performance of American congressmen in the just-concluded hearings into the massacre at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, was, unfortunately, no surprise to EIR.
Documentation: Judge Aldisert warned of FBI tactics; Michael Raymond: profile of an FBI “stingman;” American leaders targeted; Justice Department hit men.
Economics
Flight into Hoarding Signals Collapse of Financial System
by Richard Freeman
Prompted by the recognition that a general, unstoppable collapse of the world’s financial systems is in progress, the smart money of the super-wealthy families is moving out of “derivatives,” and into gold bullion, prime-quality raw materials, and scarce food supplies.
Germany’s Water Infrastructure: The Plight of Karkov Is Not Far Away
by Lothar Komp
The budget-austerity policy of Germany’s Finance Minister, the decline in municipal capital investment, and the ever-shriller calls for privatization of the water supply systems are leading toward an eastern European-style breakdown in western Europe’s richest nation.
Currency Rates
Business Briefs
Feature
The New Role for Russia in U.S. Policy Today
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
Proposes to remedy a pervasive, sometimes dangerously smug illiteracy, on the subject of Russia today, among most leading U.S.A. economists, think-tanks, and relevant other policy-influencing persons and institutions.
LaRouche and Russia
Toward a Scientific Grounding for Economic Reforms in Russia
by Academician Dmitri Semyonovich Lvov
The frank outline of Russia’s recent and current economic situation, prepared under the Central Economic-Mathematical Institute’s Vice-Director, should be most helpful to relevant public and private persons and agencies in the Americas and western Europe.
International
Operation ‘Oluja’ Foils London’s Balkan Plan
by Michael Liebig and Dean Andromidas
Report on the military and political situation in Croatia and Bosnia-Hercegovina, after their visit to Bihac and the liberated zones of Croatia in the Dalmatian hinterland.
Kosova Is a Ticking Time Bomb
by Tom Gillesberg and Feride Istogu Gillesberg
Betrayed Argentine Military Is Being ‘Restructured’ into Oblivion
by Cynthia R. Rush
A country-by-country report on the state of the plot against the Ibero-American Armed Forces.
Williamsburg: Plot Against Military Meets Obstacles
by Gretchen Small
In Brazil, Some Want To Reopen the 1970s War against Subversion
by Silvia Palacios
Colombia: NGOs Mediate Kidnappings To Finance Terrorism
NGOs Attack the Mexican Army and Defend the Zapatistas
by Carlos Méndez
International Intelligence
National
Do Weaver Case Actions Portend a DOJ Shakeup?
by Jeffrey Steinberg
While Congress evades its oversight responsibilities, a White House-mandated housecleaning is under way at the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Whitewater Hearings Fall Flat
by Edward Spannaus
Goya and Rembrandt Highlight Met Season
by Nora Hamerman
Fall 1995 exhibits in New York will involve the public in a candid dialogue about some of the most vexing issues for museums.
National News
Correction
In the cover photo caption and the article on p. 31 last week, it was stated that former President Carlos Andrés Perez of Venezuela was “convicted and later jailed.” He was accused of corruption and illegal use of government funds, and sufficient evidence was found to indict and jail him. He currently remains under house arrest.
