Volume 16, Number 27, June 30, 1989
Departments
Northern Flank
by Lotta-Stina Thronell
John Paul II’s Historic Visit to Scandinavia.
From New Delhi
by Susan Maitra
Bhutto, Gandhi Defuse Siachen Issue.
Dateline Mexico
by Carlos Valdez
Tourism and Casinos To Pay the Debt.
Andean Report
by David Ramonet
Venezuelans Fight the International Monetary Fund.
Satanwatch
by Suzanne Klebe
“Fine Arts” Purvey Evil Themes.
Editorial
Devil’s Advocate.
Science & Technology
‘Clean Air’ Could Finish Off the Electric Utilities
by Marsha Freeman
Amendments to the Clean Air Act proposed by President Bush on June 5 could be the death knell of the already-stressed electric utility industry.
Economics
Famine Looms over U.S.S.R., Just as LaRouche Warned
by Konstantin George and Luba George
The 1990-91 season could easily force the Moscow leadership to rival the horrors of Stalin’s forced collectivization campaign and the resulting famine, during which 8 million Ukrainians and 2 million Kazakhs starved to death. Which nationality will be sacrificed this time?
Currency Rates
House Speaker Foley Fronts for Wall Street S&L Asset Grab
by Kathleen Klenetsky
Salomon Brothers needed someone to help them get rid of Jim Wright and ram Bush’s S&L bailout scheme through Congress, so they collected on their generous financial support for Foley’s congressional campaign.
EPA Fields ‘Clean Air and Water’ Gestapo
by Marcia Merry
Why India Won’t Bow to ‘Super 301’
by Ramtanu Maitra
The U.S. government seeks to get Delhi to abandon American system-modeled economic policies.
Agriculture
by Marcia Merry
Poor Weather, Insects Threaten Corn.
Medicine
by John Grauerholz, M.D.
Lyme Disease Makes the Big Time.
Business Briefs
Feature
Argentina after Alfonsín: Can the Nation Be Rebuilt?
by Cynthia R. Rush
Shortly before the social democrat Raul Alfonsín took office in December 1983, EIR published a Spanish-language book on how the Argentine economy could be rebuilt after the ravages of the previous military junta and civil upheaval. Alfonsín ignored that advice, and is now handing an utterly shattered economy to Peronist Carlos Menem.
The Alfonsín Era: IMF Policies Wrecked Argentina’s Economy
by Dennis Small and Peter Rush
A chapter from the new second edition of EIR’s book, Argentina Industrial: eje de la integración iberoamericana (Industrial Argentina: Axis of Ibero-American Integration).
B&B Plan: A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
by Dennis Small
By naming a former executive of the Bunge and Born grain cartel as his new Finance Minister, Carlos Menem is falling into the bankers’ trap.
International
Noriega Backed by 150 of Continent’s Lawmakers
by Carlos Wesley
Senators and congressmen from 15 Ibero-American nations convened in Panama to take a historic first step in establishing the absolute sovereignty of their nations.
Documentation: Final Declaration of the participants in the Conference of Latin American Parliamentarians for Panama.
U.S. Goofs in Panama
Deng Speech Flaunts Totalitarian Regime’s Commitment to Genocide
by Linda de Hoyos
LaRouche’s Observations on Tiananmen Square Massacre
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
Soviet Master Stroke in the Persian Gulf
by Thierry Lalevée
Moscow’s new love affair with Iran gives it control over the entire southern flank extending from the Indian Ocean to the the Mediterranean.
European Elections Show Drift toward Soviet Bloc
by Ortrun Cramer
The big winners were the environmentalist Green parties, and the “conservative” national Bolsheviks such as the German Republikaner; both want a “neutral” Europe tied to Moscow.
Helga Zepp-LaRouche: ‘Reunification in Freedom’
by Helga Zepp-LaRouche
Palme Murder Trial Serves Political Aims
by Michael Ericson
International Intelligence
National
Irangate Still Hangs over Bush, as Gregg Squeaks In
by William Jones
Up until the final vote confirming George Bush’s nominee as ambassador to South Korea, everyone knew he was lying about Bush’s Irangate role. The senators voted for him anyway—but that’s not the end of the story.
LaRouche Announces His Bid for Congress
by Nora Hamerman
From his jail cell in Alexandria Virginia, he’s running as “a Democrat in the tradition of Henry Clay.”
Who Lost China? The Fingerpointing Begins
by Herbert Quinde
How To Read the President’s Lips
by Leo Scanlon
Dennis King Critic Murdered
Students Demand New Constitution for China
by Leo Scanlon
Eye on Washington
by Nicholas F. Benton
Savings and Loan Meltdown Predicted.
Kissinger Watch
by M.T. Upharsin
Kissinger Plots with British “Wets” — The Role of Lord Rothschild.
Congressional Closeup
by William Jones
National News
