EIR Volume 17, Number 46, November 30, 1990

Volume 17, Number 46, November 30, 1990

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Interviews

Francisco Chona

by Javier Almario

The former head of Colombia’s national oil company Ecopetrol describes how the friends of Dope, Inc. sabotaged his plan for oil independence.

Prof. Giovanni Moreno and Dr. Bianca Meichiorri Olivo

by Evanthia Frangou

Two Italian physicists discuss their evidence that the “ozone hole” is a result of the solar wind, and not human-caused emissions.

Science & Technology

There Will Be No Climatic Catastrophe

by Ralf Schauerhammer

The German author of Sackgasse Okostaat (The Dead-end Ecological State) systematically refutes the arguments of the “greenhouse effect” hoaxsters, who base their theories on psychosis instead of scientific method.

The Ozone Hole Could Be Caused by Solar Wind, Not by Human Activity

by Evanthia Frangou

Mount Erebus Source of Chlorine in Antarctica

by Rogelio A. Maduro

Music

The Mozart Jewel Goes to Auction

by David Shavin

The recently discovered manuscripts of Mozart’s C minor Fantasy and Sonata sold for $1.7 million, but their value for gaining insight into the composer’s mind is far, far greater.

Investigation

Make Ariel Sharon Answer to Charges of Genocide!

by Joseph Brewda

Israeli warlord and Housing Minister Ariel Sharon, must be immediately investigated by the United Nations for his role in working with Anglo-American interests to foment a regional war. A dossier by Joseph Brewda on Sharon and the Anglo-Soviet intelligence networks which make him tick.

Departments

Dateline Mexico

by Carlos Cota Meza

Mexican Industry: Going, Going, Gone.

Report from Rio

by Silvia Palacios

Drug Trade Heightens Threat to Amazon.

Andean Report

by Andrea Olivieri

Colombian Military Hits FARC Haven.

Editorial

Food for Peace or Food as a Weapon.

Economics

Kissinger Food Weapon Aimed at Soviets, Europe

by Christopher White

The Anglo-American Establishment is telling other nations: “Either you support our Mideast war, or starve.”

Bringing Italy into the New Europe

by Giuliana Sammartino

The Good News of China’s Census

by Mary McCourt Burdman

New Pakistan Rulers Caught in IMF Vise

by Susan Maitra and Ramtanu Maitra

Philippines Budgets 40% for Debt Service

by Lydia Cherry

Will Colombia’s Oil Wealth Go for Development, or for Debt?

by Javier Almario

‘Colombia’s Government Is Being Manipulated by the Multis’

by Javier Almario

Interview with Francisco Chona, former head of the state oil firm Ecopetrol.

Currency Rates

Business Bankruptcies Swell in Ibero-America

by Mark Sonnenblick

Argentines Fed Up with Nation’s Decay

by Cynthia R. Rush

Agriculture

by Marcia Merry

European Farmers Defend Production.

Banking

by John Hoefle

The Consolidation Begins.

Business Briefs

Feature

‘Gorbymania’: Will the West Wake Up in Time?

by Gen. Paul Albert Scherer (ret.)

Nothing could be more strategically dangerous than for people in the West to cling to the delusion that Mikhail Gorbachov is an enlightened ruler committed to bringing Western values into the Soviet empire, argues former West German military intelligence chief Gen. Paul-Albert Scherer. Gorbachov is doomed to fail because he represents a failed system which is incapable of reforming itself. General Scherer traces 15 steps in the empire’s collapse.

General Scherer, Friend of the United States

International

Europeans Slow Pace to War, But Not Enough

by Carol White and Rainer Apel

Pretty much everyone in Europe wants negotiations, not war, with Iraq—everyone, that is, except Britain’s “Iron Lady.” Will her departure convince Bush to eat his broccoli?