Ibero-American News Digest
Carlist Pretender Visits Synarchist Nest in Guadalajara
Even as Presidential candidate Lyndon LaRouche's latest warning of the Spanish Synarchist threat circulates internationally, who should pop up in Guadalajara, Mexico, but "His Highness" Don Sixto Enrique de Borbon y Borbon-Busset, whose full title reads: "Duke of Aranjuez, Prince of Spain, Prince of Parma and of Plasencia, Regent of the Traditionalist Communion, and Flag-Bearer of Tradition." Don Sixtothe official Carlist pretender to the Spanish thronewas an honored guest at the 500th anniversary celebration of the death of Spain's Queen Isabel, organized by the Autonomous University of Guadalajara (UAG), one of the leading bastions of Synarchism in Ibero-America.
In an exclusive interview with Guadalajara's leading right-wing daily, Ocho Columnas May 21, Don Sixto laid out his hopes of restoring the Spanish Empire as a fascist project, under the banner of "Hispanidad." Noting that he had been a friend of several of the founders of the UAG for decades (he mentioned the Leano family), he expressed his joy at being in Jalisco, the center of Mexico's Cristero War in the late 1920s. The martyrs who died fighting against the French Revolution, in the 19th Century Carlist wars, in Mexico's Cristero War, and in "the Crusade of 1936-1939"i.e., fascist Franco's war to seize power in Spaindid not die in vain, even if it may take us a few more generations to regain power, he said. He expressed his hopefulness about the "new generation" being trained now, in places such as the UAG, and through the "renovation of the priesthood which has been underway for several years." The would-be King of Spain urged "the Spains"i.e., the now-independent dominions of the old Spanish empireto join together "to conceive a movement which is not globalist, but rather Hispanic, intercontinental, so that Spain, our Motherland, can again become the oldest daughter of Christianity."
Don Sixto's project has nothing to do with Christianity, for sure. He specifically praised Queen Isabel for her expulsion of the Jews and Moors from Spain, claiming that, "by reforming the church, she put off the danger of the Lutheran 'reform' which would later reach Europe, but from which the Hispanic world remained free. By carrying the Reconquest into the kingdom of Granada, the last Moorish redoubt, she completed the recovery of Spain, and until the end, with the expulsion of the unconverted Jews." The pretentious fascist also said Isabel should be honored for extending Spanish power into northern Africa, "demonstrating again her apostolic zeal and her sharp geopolitical vision."
Mexico Bank Bombings Raise Renewed Fears of Terrorism
Branches of three foreign-owned banksBanamex, Bancomer, and Santender Serfinin Jiutepec, a town in the state of Morelos located about 35 miles from Mexico City, were hit by bombs at midnight on May 22. A communique identified the so-called "Commando Jaramillista Morelense 23 de Mayo" as taking credit for the bombings.
The bombings could mark a return to the terrorist tactics that shook the nation in the 1970s, the Houston Chronicle, among others, warned May 25.
The Mexico City daily La Jornada had another view: "The appearance of a guerrilla movement in Morelos has to be taken with prudence," writes Julio Hernandez. "On many occasions, supposed [guerrilla] acts have been prepared in government basements."
That this new terrorism has occurred following recent statements by former Spanish Prime Minister José Marí Aznar, warning of pre-election terrorism in the U.S., and at the time of the release of the new diatribe by Samuel Huntington against an alleged Hispanic fifth column, which he fulminates could destroy the Anglo-Protestant United States, makes it increasingly urgent that Lyndon LaRouche's demand be taken up, that anti-terror investigators focus on the Synarchist International.
'Killing Season' for Illegal Immigrants Has Begun
The "killing season" for illegal Mexican immigrants trying to enter the U.S. is about to begin, warn Catholic bishops in both Mexico and the United States. According to the Rome-based Catholic news agency Zenit, the period between May and October is when the largest number of Mexicans and Central Americans, try to illegally enter the United States in search of jobs. Bishops from both nations fear that this period could see as many as 500 deaths. The number of deaths of illegal immigrants over the past six years is unprecedented, warn Mexican Church authorities, due to harsh repression and the closings of the border at San Diego, California, and El Paso, Texas, forcing many to attempt entering the U.S. through the deadly Arizona desert.
Lack of Infrastructure Leads to Mass Death in Haiti, Dominican Republic
Authorities warn that as many as 2,000 people may have been killed in the mudslides and river flooding provoked by the torrential rain which swept entire villages away on the island of Hispaniola, shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic during the week beginning May 24. Exactly how many people have died may never be known, as many bodies were buried in mud. Thousands more have been left homeless, while banana, rice, and vegetable crops were destroyed.
The rains were heavy, but the high death toll is a man-made disaster: the direct result of the extreme lack of development. Both countries, despite their extreme povertyHaiti is the poorest country in the hemispherewere unconscionably stripped of resources in the last three decades, by net capital outflows due to debt payments, and IMF-dictated austerity. Many of the most devastated areas involved fragile constructions housing thousands of poor families. The greatest loss of human life occurred in Haiti, where centuries of reliance on charcoal as a principal fuel source has led to widespread deforestation, which, added to the total lack of water-management systems, led to massive mudslides.
Appeals for disaster relief have gone out internationally, amid fears that epidemics may soon sweep the impoverished and immune-compromised populations.
Soros Agents Use Energy Referendum To Blow Up Bolivia
Bolivian President Carlos Mesa has warned that if the July 18 referendum on national energy policy fails, it will mean a "hecatombe" for the country, because of the deep polarization of the nation that will result.
While the referendumwhich poses five questions regarding utilization of hydrocarbons and other energy resourcesdoesn't address the real issue facing Bolivia: the continuation of neoliberal economic policy, Mesa has attempted to introduce some reality into the debatein his own cautious way. He proposes to strengthen the state-run energy company, YPF; take control of resources at the well-head; ask the population whether it favors exporting natural gas; and overturn the existing Hydrocarbons Law. He also wants to use the issue of exporting gas to seek a negotiated solution with Chile for sovereign access to the Pacific coast (lost during the 1879-1881 War of the Pacific).
George Soros's narco-agents are using the issue of the referendum to threaten the government and demand that Mesa resign, arguing that the only issue that should be addressed in a referendum is nationalization of energy resources. Following a mass demonstration May 24 that paralyzed La Paz, self-proclaimed terrorist Felipe Quispe announced that, "as of today, we declare the war for gas," while the head of the Bolivian Labor Confederation (COB), Jaime Solares, warned that if Mesa doesn't nationalize the natural gas industry, "he should leave."
The COB doesn't have the support of the entire labor movement, but has announced a strategy of laying siege to the capital of La Paz, in alliance with peasant and cocalero groups. Rufo Callo, head of the La Paz Peasant Federation announced on May 24 that his organization would begin to block access roads into La Paz, and that unlike last October, "not just the President has to go, but also the oligarchy and its lackeys."
Disagreeing with President Mesa over energy policy, Hydrocarbons Minister Xavier Nogales resigned his post on May 24, the fourth energy minister to do so since Mesa took office, only seven months ago!
Cocalero Revolt in Peru Spreads
Violence is dramatically escalating in the jungle cocaine-producing area of Peru's Upper Huallaga Valley, where coca-growers have begun throwing rocks, confronting police, and blocking major roadways and bridges, to stop the eradication policy. The government's only response has been to forbid journalists from reporting or sending photos from the area. The mayor of Tocache, one of the cities in the valley, accused cocalero leader Nancy Obregon of ordering "the taking of Tocache," while Obregon, heading up cocalero protests in Lima, has warned that if her demands are not heeded, there will be "more Ilaves."
Ilave is the town where, in April, an enraged mob lynched the mayor, whom they accused of corruption.
Obregon's co-leader, Elsa Malpartida, added, "This could be worse than Ilave. The government doesn't want to understand that when the peasantry reacts, it is very ugly!"
Brazil-China Relations: A 'Paradigm' for Cooperation
"The time has come to consolidate the union between [Brazil and China]. This alliance will serve as a paradigm for cooperation between nations. Two giants without divergences are free to think of the future and grow in diverse areas," President Lula da Silva stated in closing the seminar on "Brazil-China: Trade and Investments. Perspectives for the 21st Century." The seminar, held in Beijing on May 25, was attended by more than 700 Brazilian and Chinese businessmen.
This spirit shaped Brazilian President Lula da Silva's May 23-27 visit to China, which had as its goal, the strengthening of the "strategic partnership" which the two countries established in the 1990s. To get an idea of the importance with which Brazil viewed the trip, Lula was accompanied by seven cabinet ministers, six state governors, one Senator, 10 Deputies, and more than 420 businessmen.
The two governments agreed to establish a High-Level Brazilian-Chinese Commission for Deliberation and Cooperation, to be headed by Brazil's Vice President Jose Alencar and Chinese Vice Prime Minister Wu Yi, while a Brazil-China Business Council will be created, to coordinate private interests.
Over 15 trade and investment accords were signed during the trip. These ranged from an expansion of the two nations' joint space program, to a joint venture between the two state oil companies, Petrobras and China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (Sinopec), which is projected to boost Petrobras's oil exports to China almost three-fold this year, to 14 million barrels. Likewise, Brazil's now-majority private giant mining company, Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD), signed an agreement to invest in two Chinese coal-mining companies, to build a steel mill, and to explore the construction of a $1 billion alumina plant in Brazil with the Aluminum Corp. of China, the latter projected to produce 1.8 million tons of alumina by 2007, half of which would be exported to China.
Negotiations on a possible nuclear power cooperation accord continued, and will be discussed again in August.
Brazil is most eager to concretize Chinese investments in Brazil's railways and ports in the short term, and a Protocol of Understanding on Chinese investments with Brazil was signed.
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