MENTIROSOS COMUNISTAS

Sociedad Bastiat

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SER COMUNISTA EQUIVALE A SER UN MENTIROSO.
Un sirviente pagado para aprovecharse del indefenso.
Son los comunistas una verdadera plaga a la civilizacion y a la
libertad de los pueblos.
No me envien mas su asquerosa propaganda.
Que se vayan al Diablo junto con Castro, Marx, Stalin, Lenin, Mao,
Mussolinni, el Che Guevara y todos los otros asesinos comunistas!
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Montevideo- Uruguay. 30 de mayo del 2005.
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Exportando Guerrilleros

Sociedad Bastiat
http://ar.geocities.com/webmaster_aac/05-may/05-05-21/050521_carlos1

La Gaceta
de: Argentinos a las Cosas

Las FARC: un producto de exportación

Fuente: Carlos Machado - karlos_585@hotmail.com
La Gaceta de A.A.C.



Un rumor que se fue confirmando

Las FARC: un producto de exportación


Lo que venía insinuándose desde hace varios meses, en principio como un rumor que paso a paso se fue fundamentando cada vez más, ya se ha transformado en una inquietante realidad: las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), la organización guerrillera más antigua de Sudamérica, está extendiendo su campo de acción al resto de los países de la región. A manera de breve reseña histórica sobre este grupo, cabe señalar que las FARC surgieron en 1964 –una época en la que muchos movimientos recibieron una marcada influencia de la revolución castrista-, y se enrolaron ideológicamente en el marxismo-leninismo, siendo desde entonces su máximo líder Manuel Marulanda Vélez, más conocido bajo el apodo de “Tirofijo”, hoy septuagenario. Según un artículo del diario “El Tiempo”, de Bogotá, publicado hace pocos días, existen dudas sobre la sobrevivencia de “Tirofijo” en la actualidad, ya que algunos indican que murió en un enfrentamiento en la selva y otros que estaba internado “en algún lugar de Brasil” atravesando las últimas instancias de un cáncer terminal, mientras sus seguidores desmienten todo y aseguran que su jefe está bien y muy vigente, algo lógico entre quienes necesitan, como estos grupos, mantener encendida la llama de un liderazgo, aunque éste ya no existiera. Las FARC cuentan hoy en día con 15.000 combatientes bien equipados (y que muy probablemente pronto lo estarán mucho mejor, como veremos más adelante), y son consideradas desde 1997 como “grupo terrorista” por el Departamento de Estado norteamericano.

Esta organización, como se mencionó al comienzo, ya está extendiendo su campo de acción hacia los restantes países de Latinoamérica, y esta tarea abarca desde la colaboración en el accionar de grupos armados de Honduras y de movimientos indigenistas de Ecuador, Perú, Bolivia y Chile, hasta (al menos por ahora) enviar delegados y estrechar vínculos con grupos de choque muy radicalizados como el Movimiento de los Sin Tierra de Brasil y ciertos movimientos piqueteros de la Argentina. Entre estos últimos, las FARC han tendido líneas con la fracción más dura del Movimiento Aníbal Verón –que como indicamos en una nota anterior cuenta con los buenos oficios del veterano terrorista Enrique Gorriarán Merlo- y la cuasi “milicia popular” del presidente Kirchner, la Federación de Tierra y Viviendas que comanda este personaje con aspecto de “gordito gilún” (aunque no lo es tanto) que es Luis D’Elía. Para desenvolverse adecuadamente en esta fase de producto de exportación, las FARC cuentan con un “gabinete internacional” de siete miembros. Uno de ellos, Luis Alberto Albán -aunque su nombre real es Francisco Antonio Cadena Collazos y es llamado “El Cura”-, es el “embajador” para el área de Argentina, Brasil y Chile.


Ruidos en el vecindario



El hecho terrorista de más reciente data protagonizado por las FARC en un país vecino al nuestro fue la planificación y el aporte de logística brindado al grupo “Patria Libre”, de Paraguay, para el secuestro de Cecilia Cubas, la hija del ex-presidente paraguayo Raúl Cubas, que como se recuerda terminó trágicamente al ser hallado el cuerpo sin vida de la víctima en una “cárcel del pueblo” (¿se acuerdan?, muchos perdieron la memoria), tras un cautiverio de cinco meses. La autoría de este hecho, que ya no es desmentida por sus protagonistas, fue confirmada por los organismos de inteligencia de Paraguay y Estados Unidos. También inquietó la versión, cada vez más firme, de que las FARC donaron nada menos que 5 millones de dólares al Partido de los Trabajadores de Lula Da Silva, aporte destinado a la campaña que llevó a este último a la presidencia del Brasil. Esa entrega se habría concretado en el año 2002, en un lugar del Matto Grosso, durante un encuentro entre emisarios de las FARC y seguidores de Lula, algunos de ellos ubicados hoy en puestos políticos.

Paralelamente, los espías del Norte abonan cada vez más la idea de que el presidente venezolano Hugo Chávez ve con agrado el accionar de las FARC, a las que califica de “bolivarianas”, como tanto le gusta rotularse a él mismo, e incluso da abrigo en su territorio a estos guerrilleros colombianos. Y este sostén llegaría a tal punto que las compras de armas encaradas por Chávez a Rusia (unos 100.000 fusiles AK-47) supuestamente para la “defensa de Venezuela”, tendrían como destino final, al menos una tercera parte de ellas, las manos de los miembros de las FARC. Al margen del interés de EE.UU. por zarandear la imagen del mandatario venezolano y, de ser posible, defenestrarlo, lo cierto es que esta ayuda chavista a las FARC viene siendo objeto de comentarios de analistas con variada óptica política en distintos países de la región. Como también abundan los comentarios de medios digitales, como SEPRIN, acerca de los encuentros que han llevado a cabo visitantes de las FARC con dirigentes piqueteros locales, entre ellos Luis D’Elía y Jorge Ceballos (este último a la vez funcionario del ministerio de Desarrollo Social que comanda la hermana presidencial Alicia Kirchner), en un conocido hotel ubicado en Callao y Corrientes, en pleno centro de la Capital Federal. Veremos qué ocurre de aquí en más con las andanzas por estas tierras de este “producto de exportación” que podría llegar a ser muy difícil de digerir.
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UNEMPLOYMENT IN SOCIALIST PARADISE

Sociedad Bastiat

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ECONOMY


Sweden's Hidden Jobless

Labor Economist Asserts
Unemployment Near 20%
By TERENCE ROTH
DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
May 27, 2005

STOCKHOLM -- Jan Edling, a little-known labor-union economist, is suddenly in the policy spotlight with his assertion that Sweden's real jobless rate is really closer to 20% than the official 5.5% rate.

He resigned last week from the big LO blue-collar union where he worked after the association declined to publish his research project into Sweden's hidden joblessness. Instead, he posted it online.

"My suspicion is that we are putting people into other benefit categories that other countries would put into the unemployment column," Mr. Edling said.

That Sweden has far more people out of work than detailed in the official 5.5% unemployment rate isn't totally new. Beyond the official rate, an additional 4.4% of the working-age population are parked in the government's elaborate array of job-creation and training programs, according to a study by Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB with data from Statistics Sweden.

But Mr. Edling calculates that another 10% of working-age people can be identified as unemployed, using correlations between unemployment, long-term sickness and early retirement among Sweden's municipalities and regions. This makes the actual unemployment rate closer to 20% of the work force, he said.

The paper kicked up a storm in left-wing politics, making him an overnight celebrity among Sweden's lonely free-market advocates. The LO union called for a quick debate on the issue Wednesday, featured prominently on national television. Another of its economists wrote a quick refutation of Mr. Edling's theory and methodology. It denied that the report was suppressed. It said Mr. Edling's paper needed more evidence to show that large ranks of Swedes on sick leave and in early retirement are unemployed by another name.

The tempest Mr. Edling has caused will likely subside before his theory can be conclusively proven or dismissed. But it has made unemployment a big issue in time for the 2006 elections. It is the social-democratic government's hot-button policy issue, with the jobless rate steadily rising in recent years.

Finance Minister Paer Nuder said Wednesday that Sweden's unemployment data are collected according to international standards. But, without discussing the additional numbers, he acknowledged that Sweden's jobs issue goes further than the number of registered unemployed.

"We have two problems here. We have a problem with unemployed people and we have a problem on sick leave. But you shouldn't mix these problems," he said.

Mr. Nuder also defended the government's recent additions to jobs programs and new plans to help return the long-term unemployed to the work force.

"Obviously, the market is not able to find these kinds of jobs," he said. He observed that in other countries such job candidates will need to work two jobs to make ends meet. "That's not the Swedish way."

"You're not allowed to say that in the unions," said Johnny Munkhammar, an economist at the Timbro free-market think tank. "The Social Democrats and the unions are very close. Employment will be the government's biggest issue ahead of the election, but the reality is against them."

Mr. Edling, pointing out that similar numbers to his had been under discussion behind closed doors, said that the Social Democrats and unions are "afraid of having a debate that right-wing parties will take advantage of."

The LO union denied that the report was suppressed. It said Mr. Edling's paper needed more evidence.

"There are some people who are early retired that are so because they were unemployed. The question is how many," said Mats Morin, another LO economist who wrote the union's rebuttal. "It raised more questions than answers," he said.

But government critics see other signs as the drumbeat of major companies shifting jobs overseas continues. Electrolux AB, General Motors Corp.'s Saab unit and the Swedish operations of International Business Machines Corp. are only the most recent to have joined the list.

Mr. Edling, a union employee of 18 years, doesn't relish his notoriety, nor does he see himself breaking party ranks.

"I'm still loyal to the LO and the Social Democratic party. I'm still the same person I was," Mr. Edling said. "I didn't expect this to happen."

He also believes he is being misunderstood. Instead of urging the overhaul of the labor market and welfare and tax regime, his aim was to show that regions investing heavily in infrastructure, research and education for job mobility did better than regions that didn't. Typically, he said, the latter had more hidden unemployment.

"The public debate is about statistics, but they are only a symptom of something that is wrong in this country," Mr. Edling said. "What we see are people at Electrolux who lose their jobs and don't know anything else than how to make vacuum cleaners. Chances are they will soon be in early retirement."

Write to Terence Roth at terence.roth@wsj.com

¿Libre Comercio ó Comercio Controlado por el Estado?

Sociedad Bastiat

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¿Libre Comercio ó Comercio Controlado por el Estado?

Por Jorge A. Maspóns



El Presidente Bush continúa insistiendo en que el embrollo de Canada, Méjico y los Estados Unidos conocido como el Tratado de Libre Comercio de Norte América (NAFTA) en 1993 y aprovado por William Jefferson Clinton ha sido un gran éxito. Ahora él quiere que el Congreso aprueve un nuevo pacto titulado "Tratado de Libre Comercio Centro-Americano" (Central American Free Trade Agreement, CAFTA), el cual extendería NAFTA (Tratado de Libre Comercio de Norte América) a todas las naciones en esa región.

Pero ahora nosotros tenemos más de una década de experiencia con NAFTA y los resultados han sido difílcilmente el éxito que el Sr. Bush afirma. NAFTA ha costado cerca de un millón de empleos americanos, abierto más ampliamente la ya emponjosa frontera sureña y le ha dado a su tribunal judicial el poder para rechazar arbitrariamente las decisiones de nuestros tribunales federales y estatales. En fín, NAFTA ha sido un desastre para nuestro país y un paso colosal hacia un gobierno mundial, la motivación oculta detrás de cada uno de estos mal llamados tratados de "libre comercio." En lugar de añadir a estos revéses para nuestro país, el Congreso debe decir "NO a CAFTA" y entonces comenzar a repudiar NAFTA. Reafirmar la independencia de los Estados Unidos debería ser la meta de nuestros legisladores, no enredar nuestro país en tratados que nos dañan económicamente y amenazan nuestra soberanía. (1)

Los promotores del propuesto tratado, CAFTA, sostienen que su aprovación por el Congreso estimulará el crecimiento del comercio entre nuestra nación y cinco naciones de la América Central junto con la República Dominicana. Sin embargo, el poder ecónomico de toda esa región es igual al de cualquier ciudad mediana americana. Enunciado en pocas palabras, estas naciones no tienen la abilidad de adquirir nuestros artículos de exportación. En lugar de esto, las naciones centroamericanas tienen un número grande de individuos cuyas demandas por los bajos salarios atraerán a muchos comerciantes americanos que sin duda serán incitados a relocalizar sus fábricas y empleos americanos para esa región.

Después de la aprovación por parte del Congreso del pacto NAFTA en 1993, innumerables empleos e industrias emigraron a Méjico. CAFTA no extenderá el comercio de los Estados Unidos sino que ampliará los ya aspectos dañínos de NAFTA. El Congreso debe decir rotundamente que ¡NO! a CAFTA cuando la medida aparezca para su consideración y votación. (2)

Jorge A. Maspóns

Mayo 29, 2005

(1) Su servidor es creyente en el libre comercio y la libre empresa pero debe ser entre pueblos libres, sin interferencia por parte del gobierno. Yo le protesté enérgicamente a mi gobernadora en Louisiana por firmar convenios comerciales con Cuba precisamente porque el pueblo cubano no está libre para comerciar y tan solamente ella está haciendo negocios con el gobierno comunista de la isla. Así pues, un ejemplo de comercio entre gobiernos, inmoral, que prolonga el sufrimiento del cubano.

(2) Primeramente NAFTA y ahora CAFTA son tratados bien premeditados que servirán para promover el ya planeado FTAA (Free Trade Area of the Americas) el cual es un tratado político parecido a la Unión Europea y que cortará aun mas nuestra libertad en los Estados Unidos si llega a ser aprovado por el Congreso.

Abandoned Gold Standard Guarantees Inflation

Sociedad Bastiat

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Subject: FIAT DOLLAR

Abandoned Gold Standard Guarantees Inflation
by Bill Haynes
by Bill Haynes



In recent weeks, as prices have surged higher, "revived" inflation has become the topic du jour among establishment writers. Unfortunately, these writers point to the usual suspects, i.e. higher energy costs, higher interest rates, etc. In fact, the cause of inflation is the United States' abandonment of the gold standard.

The United States' abandonment of gold as the foundation of its monetary system came in two steps. In 1933, President Franklin Roosevelt ended Americans' right to surrender paper dollars for gold and even to own gold bullion. Step two came in 1971 when President Richard Nixon "closed the gold window" and denied foreign governments the right to turn in paper dollars for gold.

Roosevelt's move was a major step in shifting the world from the gold standard to the gold exchange standard. Under the gold standard, governments fixed the prices of their currencies in terms of a specified amount of gold and stood ready to convert their currencies into gold at the fixed prices.

Under the gold exchange standard, governments could hold U.S. dollars and British sterling as reserves because those currencies were "exchangeable for gold." The move to the gold exchange standard became official with the adoption of the 1944 Bretton Woods Agreement. When Nixon closed the gold window, those nations counting paper dollars as reserves found themselves holding paper instead of gold.

Although in 1974 President Gerald Ford signed legislation that permitted Americans again to own gold bullion, that legislation did not put the United States back on the gold standard.

Under the gold standard, a government is limited - both legally and practically - as to how much paper money it can print. As recently as the Lyndon Johnson administration, the U.S. could print paper dollars equal only to four times the value of the nation's gold reserves.

Under the gold standard, governments that print too much paper money risk runs on their gold reserves. Runs occur as holders of the paper seek to convert to gold before the vaults are empty. A run on the dollar is what happened in the late 1960s, which culminated in President Richard Nixon closing the gold window in 1971.

"Closing the gold window" is a euphemism for the U.S. defaulting on its promise to other countries to redeem dollars for gold. As an alternative, Nixon could have devalued the dollar and continued to redeem. In effect, he chose a one hundred percent devaluation, a de facto default on the promise to redeem.

In the 34 years before Nixon closed the gold window, the money supply in the U.S. grew less than two fold. In the 34 years after Nixon's action, the money supply expanded 13 fold. The Fed's massive inflation of the 1990s resulted in the greatest advance in stock market history. Continued inflation is now pushing housing prices to record levels. Automobiles now cost more than houses did only thirty years ago.

Despite establishment assertions that the dollar is "sound," investors should prepare for further declines in the value of the dollar and plan their investments accordingly. History shows that no government, after going on a fiat monetary system, ever reverses course until its paper currency is destroyed. There is no reason to believe this time will be any different.

May 28, 2005

Peligros de la constitucion europea

Sociedad Bastiat
27 de Mayo de 2005
Revisando La Constituci�n Europea
William A. Niskanen y Marian Tupy
CATO Institute

Los franceses y los holandeses votan el 29 de mayo y el 1 de junio, respectivamente, sobre la propuesta constituci�n europea que, en cualquier caso, confronta muchos obst�culos. El presidente de la Rep�blica Checa, Vaclav Klaus, se opone en un pa�s donde hay bastante apoyo, mientras que en el Reino Unido es muy dif�cil que la mayor�a vote “s�”. Hay tres buenas razones para el escepticismo.

Primero, ha habido muy poco debate sobre la constituci�n. La gran mayor�a de los europeos ni la han le�do ni saben lo que contiene. En parte se debe a su extensi�n (70 mil palabras) y a su impenetrable lenguaje. Por el contrario, la constituci�n de Estados Unidos es 15 veces m�s corta y f�cil de entender. Su principal redactor, James Madison, sab�a que “poco servir�que las leyes sean hechas por personas escogidas por el pueblo si resultan tan voluminosas que no las pueden leer o tan incoherentes que no las pueden entender”.

Adem�s, el debate actual est�tergiversado para favorecer al “s�”. Bruselas y los gobiernos nacionales derrochan dinero de los contribuyentes en “campa�as de informaci�n” a favor de la constituci�n y los funcionarios de Bruselas hacen todo tipo de amenazas. Margot Wallstrom, vicepresidenta de la Comisi�n de la Uni�n Europea, durante su visita a la ciudad checa de Terezin, donde los nazis tuvieron un campo de concentraci�n, dijo que quienes se oponen deben “venir a Terezin y vean adonde conduce la vieja v�a”.

Segundo, la constituci�n es imprecisa en cuanto a la divisi�n del poder entre Bruselas y los gobiernos nacionales. La constituci�n enumera la �reas donde Bruselas tiene competencia “exclusiva”, pero a�ade que la Uni�n actuar�en otras cuando la acci�n propuesta “por su tama�o o efecto pueda ser mejor lograda a nivel de la Uni�n”.

Problemas similares surgen en las �reas donde la competencia va a ser “compartida” entre Bruselas y los gobiernos nacionales, tales como el mercado interno, seguridad y justicia, agricultura y pesquer�as, transporte, energ�a, pol�tica social, cohesi�n tanto econ�mica como social y territorial, el medio ambiente, protecci�n al consumidor y cuestiones de salud p�blica. Pero las naciones podr�n, al mismo tiempo, legislar en �reas compartidas.

Todos los gobiernos intentan ampliar el poder. Por eso la constituci�n de EE.UU. fue redactada con tanto cuidado. Donde el lenguaje de la constituci�n es impreciso, las consecuencias son siempre graves.

Tercero, la definici�n de los derechos individuales en la constituci�n europea es sumamente problem�tica.

La Carta de Derechos (las primeras diez enmiendas) de la constituci�n de EEUU es, salvo una excepci�n, una lista de los derechos de los individuos contra el estado y no es una lista de exigencias de servicios a ser provistos por el estado. La excepci�n es el derecho a juicio con jurado. Por el contrario, la constituci�n europea incluye una lista de derechos a servicios provistos por el estado, que incluye, por ejemplo, el derecho a la educaci�n, a servicio de b�squeda de empleo, tiempo de permiso pagado por maternidad, beneficios de seguro social y servicios sociales, ayuda para obtener vivienda, tratamiento m�dico preventivo, servicios de inter�s econ�mico general y altos niveles de protecci�n al consumidor y al medio ambiente.

La �nica forma de resolver los choques entre el derecho al libre movimiento de las personas dentro de la UE y el derecho a los servicios sociales es restringiendo el acceso a esos servicios sociales no por nacionalidad sino por caracter�sticas personales, tales como n�mero de a�os trabajando en ese pa�s y el no haber sido condenado por delitos. De no hacerse as�, la Uni�n Europea se convertir�en un inmenso y armonizado estado de bienestar, relegando a los estados el mantenimiento del orden, las leyes y la seguridad interna.

Los europeos tienen toda la raz�n en temerle al gobierno en Bruselas, al darle poderes que no estar�n bien definidos. Por lo tanto, los actuales gobiernos nacionales pueden asegurar una mayor protecci�n de la libertad que la constituci�n propuesta.

William A. Niskanen es presidente de la directiva del Cato Institute.

Marian L. Tupy es Director Adjunto del Proyecto sobre la Libertad Econ�mica Global del Cato Institute.

THREAT: ANIMAL AND AGRICULTURE BIOTERRORISM

THREAT: ANIMAL AND AGRICULTURE BIOTERRORISM

MANUEL CEREIJO




Anti-agricultural and animal biowarfare differ from the same activities directed
against humans. Also, attacks are substantially easier to do; the agents
aren’t necessarily hazardous to humans; delivery systems are readily available
and unsophisticated; maximum effect may only require a few cases; delivery from
outside the target country is possible; and an effective attack can be
constructed to appear natural.



Agriculture and animal husbandry is considered by many to be the perfect target
for bioterrorism. Why? The agriculture industry is unmatched in revenue and
scope. Food account for approximately 14 percent of the GDP and 25 million
Americans are employed in agriculture directly, that is 2 percent of the
population. In 2004, the agriculture industry generated over $3.2 trillion worth
of business, a large portion of which was derived from export markets. If any of
the many USA commodities were to be significantly impacted by bioterrorism the
results could be catastrophic.



A widespread-epidemic, or any outbreak that triggered the imposition or
relaxation of trade restrictions, could result in significant changes of supply
of the affected plant or animal materials on domestic and international markets.
In general, what goals might terrorists have in its readiness on this field?



· Attack the food supply of the United States

· Destabilize the US government by initiating food shortages or
unemployment

· Alter supply and demand patterns for a commodity



The impact of a devastating attack on our food supply would not be limited just
to the farmer. Businesses such as farm suppliers, transportation, grocery
stores, restaurants, equipment distributors, and in the end consumers, all pay
the price. Agricultural terrorism is not about killing animals, it is about
crippling our economy. Once released, an agro/animal terrorism event may go
unnoticed for days to weeks and by then it may be nearly impossible to determine
how the event occurred.



Countries might consider agricultural attack for military, political,
ideological, or economic reasons. Since there could be quite severe consequences
of being recognized as responsible for a biological attack, such efforts would
likely be covert. This would entail an effort to make the outbreak appear
natural (CANKER?); most probably a point-source outbreak, or multiple outbreaks
with an apparently natural common source. Intelligence sources suspect, for
example, that Cuba and other rogue nations have developed wheat cover smut as a
weapon.



Direct financial losses due to mortality or morbidity of domestic animals or
crop plants can very from insignificant to catastrophic .In many cases the
direct losses would be modest and would fall on a small number of farms. One of
the major determinants of the magnitude of the direct losses will be the
rapidity with which the disease is noticed and diagnosed.



Destruction of exposed hosts is often the only option when the agent is
bacterial or viral. With plants, thousands of acres of crop plants may have to
be destroyed to contain the outbreak. Thus, the losses attendant on outbreak
control can exceed, often by several orders of magnitude, the direct losses due
to the disease itself.



With the exception of a few agents of zoonotic disease, most of the diseases
that are likely to be considered for an attack on the agricultural sector are
completely harmless to humans. They are much less challenging to produce,
stockpile, and disseminate than lethal human pathogens. Cuba, for example, has
two main centers dedicated to this kind of research activities.



A military style attack by airplane on large acreage of crops would require crop
dusters and large stockpiles of agent. Less ambitious attacks would require much
less in the way of equipment or agent stockpiles. If the goal is to cause only a
few cases in order to disrupt society, then no special equipment and only a few
amount of agent are needed. And, as mentioned before, it is possible to
introduce biological agents without even entering the target country (West Nile
virus?).



If the goal is to disrupt the dynamics of the United States by introducing a
highly contagious disease into territory from which it is absent, then the
attack does not have to be constructed to cause a large number of cases-a
handful of cases may be sufficient.



Is Cuba a Threat On This Area?



The emerging sciences of genomics and proteomics, which Cuba has researched and
developed extensively, are already beginning to transform biology. Agriculture
has several properties that make it vulnerable to attack with genotype-specific
weapons.



This constellation of characteristics presented here makes biological attacks on
the agricultural and animal sectors of the United States a real threat, perhaps
more so than attack on the civilian population.



What types of agents might fulfill some of the bioweapons?



Foot and Mouth Disease, Mad Cow disease, Hog CholeraVelogenic Newcastle Disease,
African Swine Fever, Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, and Rinderpest. For
plants the list of agents that might be used is nearly endless, although some,
such as Wheat Smut or Rice Blast, appear more harmful than others.



The route of introduction of these agents may vary, but aerosol, as mentioned
above seems to be one of the most effective means. As with crops, this could be
done in animals by crop dusters and hand spray pumps. Clever methods could
include the coating of turkey feathers with the agent, filling small bomblets
with the feathers, and then exploding them over the target where they drift on
the wind and contaminate a vast area.



Cuba has excelled in agricultural research and development since the early
1900s. The Cuban government has outstanding scientists and engineers, as well as
excellent Centers, that have the capacity to do the research and development of
potential bio-agro weapons.



GENERAL COMMENTS

Threat: Real or hoax?

Apart from their easy use, agricultural attacks are risk free. They do not
represent a direct threat to those carrying them out. In other words,
agricultural targets are soft targets or ones that maintain a low level of
security. Destroying a pig or a cattle population or a standing crop in some
state of US will also not attract as much criticism and media response as
killing a man or two in busy streets of Manhattan or Tokyo. Agricultural
terrorism also carries an advantage that it often gets too late before it is
realized.

The Real Motive

The most common motives behind these attacks can be:

Terror among rural population: It is well known that livestock and crops are the
only means of livelihood to the farmer. Any threat to any one of the above would
certainly create terror among the rural folks. It would disrupt the agrarian
structure of economy where it strikes and would certainly benefit the cause.
Direct Economic Loss: Direct economic loss from the containment of the disease
could run into billions of dollars. Any loss to the livestock of the nation
could seriously affect the industries associated with it and could result into
large-scale unemployment, a situation highly undesirable.
A loss in public faith: Any spread of disease could result into loss of public
faith and this would have a direct effect on "war against terror." This motive
could serve as a motivating factor behind this kind of warfare.
Counteraction

Agricultural terrorism is a multidimensional threat involving a wide range of
motives and perpetrators. Experts suggest that such a form of terrorism should
be countered at four levels namely:

National, through policies
Sector, through detection and response procedures
Farm: Facility management techniques
Organism: Animal or plant disease resistance
Any delay in response or negligence in tackling the threat can devastate the
economy of a nation to an unrecoverable extent. Recognizing the importance of
the "war against terror" it is equally important that nations concerned must
take adequate steps to protect their agriculture. This could involve a better
coordination among nations for a thorough inspection of all materials (including
biological and non-biological) so that the menace could be curbed at the point
of origin. There is also a need to educate our farmers so that they can detect
and warn the authorities about the disease in advance before it spreads to other
areas. In all the challenge is to anticipate the threat and counter it before it
occurs. With heightened efforts we can effectively protect agriculture one of
the economy's critical infrastructures.

CAPSULED GENERAL NOTES

What could such an attack cost?

The worst case scenario of feasible attacks is a widespread outbreak of foot and
mouth disease. The recent outbreak in the United Kingdom shows how severe such
an event can be. Nearly four million animals out of a population of 63 million
had to be destroyed at a cost of nearly six billion dollars. In the U.S. the
cost of an outbreak might reach $65 billion in one year. As a matter of
perspective, the 1989 savings and loan bailout has cost about $169 billion.
Still, those costs are substantial to an industry that provides 13 percent of
the nation's gross domestic product, earns cash receipts of more than $200
billion, provides $140 billion in exports, and allows Americans to spend only
about 12percent of their disposable income on food, unlike some areas of the
globe where that proportion is 50 percent to 60percent.

These economic benefits are due to the efficiency and high health and quality
standards that keep U.S. yields high and disease control costs low. U.S
livestock and crops have been effectively protected from foreign diseases, which
has increased productivity, and led to their high value in international
markets, increased exports and higher income. All of this good economic news is
dependent on freedom from disease. Animal or plant diseases, whether introduced
by terrorists or occurring naturally, could cause serious economic damage.

While the most likely agro-terrorist attacks are not likely to cause much human
suffering beyond economic damage and fear and intimidation, new infectious
diseases are appearing in animals worldwide, and some are proving dangerous to
people. Hundreds of people died in Malaysia in 1998 from the nipah virus that
emerged from swine, and over 400 people have died in the United States since
1999 from the West Nile virus that was transmitted from birds through
mosquitoes. These types of diseases are being closely watched by health agencies
world wide.



Is American Agriculture particularly vulnerable to a terrorist attack?

Unfortunately yes. Many of the factors that have created the economic benefits
of high efficiencies have also left American agriculture more vulnerable.

The economic drive toward lower cost per unit and larger farms has created large
volume and centralized monoculture, which presents risks for American
agriculture. Improved transportation has meant geographic concentration of
production in poultry, swine, cattle, corn, soybeans and wheat. Large
populations are at risk in small areas, for instance, the 78 percent of our beef
that passes through 2 percent of the nation's feedlots. Likewise, the near
monoculture in large-scale soybean and corn production in U.S. and its
concentration in the Midwest make it a more inviting target than if it were more
scattered across the country. High density identical crops increases risk: The
larger the available area, the more successful an infestation can be.
Concentration and monoculture are potential benefits to a terrorist who can
cause extensive damage from one act.

Percentage of total broiler production by farm size

In 1987, half of all broiler chickens came from large farms; ten years later
that percentage had risen to three quarters. Only 9 farms produce roughly 60
percent of the broilers. Intensive farming can be efficient in allowing farmers
to raise more animals with fewer resources and helps keep U.S. food prices low,
but at an increased risk of catastrophic disease and pest outbreaks.

Large farms: 300,000+ chickens

Medium farms: 100,000 - 299,999 chickens

Small farms: 1 - 99,999 chickens

The internationalization of trade means economic devastation can occur even if
no real widespread devastation exists. Products can be quarantined by
international agreements or need to be destroyed, with severe economic results.



The structure, size and integration of world agricultural markets promote rapid
spread. Significantly increased levels of travel, tourism and trade over the
past few years have all increased the risk of outbreaks.



Another element of increased risk is the government budget cutbacks over the
last decade that have decreased the number of plant pathologists and field
veterinarians, and led to cutbacks at agricultural colleges, extension services
and in applied research. Some experts have noted that the U.S. is vulnerable to
acts of bio-terrorism in part due to the declining number of plant pathologists
who can identify agents of plant disease, and the inadequate number of field
veterinarians, particularly those trained to recognize foreign diseases.

Finally, a major risk element is one of opportunity: agriculture offers "soft
targets" that have low security, and biological agents a terrorist might deploy
are small, cheap and almost impossible to detect. Agriculture thus offers the
opportunity of being a fairly easy and cheap way for a terrorist to cause
large-scale damage

The threat to agriculture and animal husbandry is real. We must become fully
aware and be on the alert. Cuba is a real threat in bioagricultural terrorism
due to its extensive research experience and large facilities on the
bioagricultural field.

Colaboración de Roberto Jiménez










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La Autopista del Che

Sociedad Bastiat

La Autopista del "Che"

La avenida Cantilo es la principal vía de salida al norte del Conurbano. Un proyecto impulsa modificar su nombre antes de que cumpla los 50 años. El por qué de un apuro legislativo

La aprobación de la norma que cambiará el nombre a la arteria sería antes de fin de año. El tiempo es fundamental para poder lograrlo, ya que las calles que conservan su nombre por más de 50 años, automáticamente no pueden ser cambiados. Y la “Cantilo” cumplirá en el 2006 con este requisito.

El más apurado por lograr la aprobación de este proyecto es Milcíades Peña, legislador porteño perteneciente al bloque Movimiento Popular de Recuperación Democrática 11 de Marzo. Junto a los Diputados Diego Kravetz y Claudio Ferreño, se mostró satisfecho ante el avance de su proyecto en la Comisión de Cultura.

La Autopista Cantilo es la principal vía de salida hacia el Norte del Conurbano, y conecta con el inicio de la Av. Gral Paz. Muy transitada en los horas pico, es la más rápida salida porque si bien es una avenida, carece de semáforos y para los conductores, desde la Av. Sarmiento en adelante, es una autopista que cuenta con seis carriles.

Quién fue Cantilo

José Luis Cantilo nació en Buenos Aires el 6 de febrero de 1871, estudió en el Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires y completó su carrera en la Ecole Monge, París, entre 1888 y 1889.

Amigo personal de Hipólito Irigoyen, fue diputado de la Legislatura de la Provincia de Buenos Aires en 1895. Nombrado presidente de la UCR por la Capital Federal incursionó en el periodismo.

Entre el 5 de diciembre de 1919 y el 25 de oc! tubre de 1921 fue intendente de la Ciudad. Asimismo, fue gobernador de la Provincia de Buenos Aires desde 1922 al 1926 y Diputado Nacional por la Capital Federal (1936-1940).

Asimismo, perteneció a la Academia Nacional de la Historia; al Instituto Histórico del Perú, a la Academia Nacional de Historia del Ecuador, Instituto Histórico y Geográfico del Uruguay.

Por otro lado, recibió una importante cantidad de distinciones. Entre ellas, se destacan: Orden al Mérito de 1ª Clase de Chile y Concejal Honorario de la Ciudad de Santiago en 1920; Comendador de la Corona de Italia en 1920; Gran Cruz de Isabel la Católica, de España en 1921; Caballero de la Legión de Honor en 1921.

Para recibir esas distinciones se tuvieron en cuenta alguna de las siguientes obras: Colonias Penales; Don Juan de Garay; Juan Gregorio de Las Heras; Retribución de mejoras; Enseñanza profesional e industrial en las escuelas primarias; Escuelas Rurales; Organización del Departamento Nacional del Trabajo; Escuelas Rurales para Mujeres; Creación de clubes como Jockey Club, Aero Club Argentino, Club Argentino de Comercio.

Un año después de abandonar la vida política, Cantilo falleció el 11 de octubre de 1944.

Quien fue Ernesto "Che" Guevara.

No participo jamas en la vida publica Argentina. Siendo estudiante de Medicina de la Universidad de Buenos Aires se fue con un amigo a recorrer el continente en motocicleta.
Formo parte de las turbas bolivianas que aprovecharon las huelgas mineras para exponer agendas comunistas. De Bolivia marcho a Mexico donde trabajo durante un tiempo como fotografo ambulante, consiguiendo trabajo de lava pomos en el laboratorio del Centro de Cardiologia de Mexico gracias a la influencia de un medico comunista que conocio en los circulos politicos mexicanos. En esos mismos circulos conocio al grupo de Fidel Castro, uniendose a ellos en la expedicion del "Granma". Despues de triunfar la rebelion contra la dictadura del General Batista, el "Che" alcanza notoriedad al ordenar el fusilamiento de cientos de opositores al regimen castrista. Trato de encabezar rebeliones en Venezuela, el Congo y finalmente en Bolivia donde fue ajusticiado -mas bien asesinado- por las autoridades locales.

A pesar de no haber hecho Guevara nada por Argentina, los enemigos de la democracia y la libertad quieren despojar a Jose Luis Cantilo del nombre de la importante via para darselo al asesino aventurero "Che" Guevara.




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Baja Produccion Petroleos Venezuela

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THE AMERICAS


Oil Wells Refuse to Obey
Chávez Commands

By MARY ANASTASIA O'GRADY
May 20, 2005

"We have a little problem," Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez reportedly told Venezuelans on May 3, "and we are fixing it."

The "problem" is the drop in output by the Venezuelan state-owned oil company known as PdVSA. The Chávez fixes, thus far, have entailed sending military troops to the oil-rich west of Venezuela to investigate "management errors" and allegations of sabotage, while in Caracas the government is threatening foreign oil companies with contract cancellations and tax hikes.

For most chavistas this may suggest that the whole stink about Venezuela's oil industry's underperformance is about to be resolved. Yet it is likely that the magnitude of the drop in petroleum output is a lot bigger than what Chávez has described. It is equally probable that a military invasion of PdVSA and property confiscations in the private sector won't fix it. Statist economic policies have a sorry productivity record and in this case that record is highly unlikely to be improved.

The big trouble is that Chávez has put Venezuela on a centrally planned economic path not much different from the failed experiments of the 20th century. Indeed, last year he declared that Venezuela was preparing for "the great leap," a seeming reference to Maoist China's 1950s agricultural policies that spread famine. Maybe his books about Chairman Mao never mentioned that disaster.

Closer to home, Chávez emulates Fidel Castro, who once commanded that a 10-million-ton sugar harvest spring from the soil. Fidel also promised to clone a prolific wonder-cow called "Ubre Blanca," so that Cuba would promptly rival Switzerland in cheese yields. Almost 50 years into the revolution, Cuba still isn't Switzerland and milk is a luxury. Venezuela is on the same trajectory.

Chávez has at least one thing right: Tight control of the country's political agenda requires tight control of the country's economy. In Venezuela, that means controlling PdVSA.

PdVSA was born in 1976. Until the Chávez government came to power in 1999, the company made some effort to be politically nonpartisan. Getting a job at PdVSA required business, engineering or technical know-how, not political connections.

That has changed. Not content with just the golden eggs, Chávez wanted the goose. As he began to consolidate his power, he began politicizing both the management and labor arms of the company. That prompted a 66-day strike by employees on Dec. 2, 2002, which brought production levels as low as 150,000 barrels per day (b/d). When the strike ended on Feb. 4, 2003, 18,000 workers were let go, taking the skills and knowledge necessary to run the company with them. PdVSA has never fully recovered.

Today Chávez claims that production is down by a mere 200,000 b/d for a daily output of 3.1 million barrels. Industry experts dispute this and this month critics grew more vocal.

On May 4, Alberto Ramos, an analyst for Goldman Sachs' Emerging Markets Economic Research, noted that since the strike local and international oil analysts have consistently put PdVSA production some 500,000 to 600,000 b/d below government claims. "Such level of production is also corroborated by production statistics published by OPEC and other international energy agencies."

Venezuela's El Nacional (a daily newspaper) Web site issued a similar report on May 15 -- according to a translation by BBC Monitoring Americas: "An extensive survey of oil industry engineers, geologists, geophysicists and experts indicates that corrective measures have not been taken and the decline in Venezuelan oil production is nearing 1,000,000 b/d. This drop, coupled with a shortfall of associated natural gas, creates an alarming situation with the foreseeable consequence of diminishing crude oil extraction."

In his report, Mr. Ramos also noted that "several oil analysts" attribute the company's inability to return to pre-strike levels of production to "corruption, mismanagement, inadequate investment levels, sloppy maintenance, and lack of qualified technical personnel."

Maintenance, management and qualified personnel can be traced to the strike and the layoffs. It is also possible that disgruntled employees are not toiling as they did when they felt they were measured by their work, not their politics. Yet human capital is but one factor of production. Investment is also scarce and likely to grow scarcer as Chávez puts the squeeze on foreign oil companies.

Since being named president of PdVSA, Chávez ally Rafael Ramirez has been working to expand the company's control of the entire industry. On May 6, the research firm Oxford Analytica reported the government is arm-twisting to force the conversion of 32 foreign company contracts into joint ventures that will give the government 51% ownership. The newsletter also said that the government wants -- as prescribed by Chávez -- to raise income taxes on foreign oil companies to 50% from 34%. On Tuesday, Reuters reported that Venezuelan tax authorities "held a second round of talks with seven foreign oil companies, including units of Chevron and Shell" on the matter. The government has also said it will no longer pay foreign oil firms in dollars.

Added to the drain on human and financial capital, are serious internal problems that this power grab is producing at PdVSA. Oxford Analytica writes that Mr. Ramirez fired 30 "Chavista managers" on corruption grounds soon after he took over his post -- although he did not present proof.

Oxford Analytica said that the move was "interpreted inside the Chavista movement as Ramirez settling old scores with high-ranking executives of the previous PDVSA administration." This has provoked an increase in job insecurity among chavistas who thought their politics gave them security. Analytica says that, "crossed accusations of corruption based on leaked internal documents have increased among different Chavista factions."

Mr. Ramos notes that "aggressive" policies toward the private sector and weak investment in PdVSA "raise serious risks of a further gradual decline in oil production," making Venezuela all the more vulnerable to a drop in world oil prices. It's quite possible that Chávez will have no more luck commanding oil out of the ground than Fidel had getting cows to give more milk. The "great leap" is looking more and more like a great flop.

Fugitives in Cuba

From Cuban Information Archives

In Cuba Wanted by the FBI
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[Not on list below: William Morales (Puerto Rican terrorist bomber of the
FALN)]
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[REF: El Nuevo Herald, 11 May 1995]
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Wanted List by the FBI

This is a list of fugitives that the FBI is sure that are hiding in Cuba. Among
them is Robert Vesco, financialist, North American accused of multi-millionaire
fraud. Ralph Goodwin, Accused of possession of explosives, and Brian Wilson, a
Cuban accused of assassination. The others are charged for piracy highjacking.

Michael Finney(California) [Republic of New Africa, killed a cop in New Mexico]
Ralph Goodwin (Illinois)
Charlie Hill (Maryland) [Republic of New Africa, killed a cop in New Mexico]
James Patterson (Michigan)
William Palm (Missouri)
Theresa Grosso (California)
Clinton Smith (Cuba)
Richard Linares (Cuba)

John Marques (Louisiana)
William Brent (Cuba)
Oreste Bello (Cuba)
Cosme Iglesia (Cuba)
Barbara Alvarez (Cuba)
Ofelia Bernardo (Cuba)
Jose Bernardo Tunon (Cuba)
Ernest Ferrero (Cuba)
Fidel Rego Otano (Cuba)
Vincente Rego Otano (Cuba)

Nacasio Delgado (Cuba)
Miguel Sanchez (Cuba)
Ricardo Coro (Cuba)
Rosalino Rodriguez Cabria (Cuba)
George Wright Virginia
Jose Montero (Cuba)
Hector Ochoa (Cuba)

William Potts (unknown)
Mario Fonseca (Cuba)
Divaldo Rojas Reyes (Cuba)
Wilfredo Oquendo (Cuba)
Eduardo Salgado (Cuba)
Roberto Salgado (Cuba)
Carlos Arias Valdez (Cuba)
Marino Samon (Cuba)
Rolando Cadenas (Cuba)

Silvio Cabrera (Cuba)
Crecencio Zamora (Cuba)
Sergio Rojas (Cuba)
Juan Garcia (Cuba)
Robert Gracial (Cuba)
Ciro Granda (Cuba)
Santiago Guerra Valdez (Cuba)
Patrick Latortue (unknown)
Ramon Delgado (Cuba)
Hector Gonzalez (Cuba)
Victor Gerena (New York) [ Wanted Poster On FBI's Ten Most Wanted list]
Daniel Abad (Cuba)
Brian Wilson (Cuba)
Joaquin Babin Estrada (Cuba)
Joanne Chesimard (Cuba-United States) [Black Liberation Army, killed a cop in
N.J.]
Miguel Aguiar (Cuba)

Rogelio Leyva (Cuba)
Roberto Aguiar (Cuba)
Jose Caballero (Cuba)
Eduardo Jiminez (Colombia)
Gilberto Calero (Cuba)
Ambrosa Montfort (Georgia)

Robert Vesco (Michigan)
Luis Soltren (Puerto Rico)
Catherine Kerkow (Oregon)
Antajares Payano (Dominican Republic)
Ishmael Ali (Virgin Islands) [convicted of multiple murders in the Virgin
Islands]
Cheri Dalton (New York)
Miguel Toledo (Cuba)

Nelson Molina (Cuba)
Rafaele Minichiello (Italy)
Felix Coolin (Dominican Republic)
Manuel Vargas Agueros (Cuba)
Armando Diaz La Rossa (Cuba)
Esmeraldo Ramirez Castaneda (Cuba)
Jose Garcia Sanchez (Cuba)

Pedro De Quesada (Cuba)
Rigoberto Gonzalez Sanchez (Cuba)
Ramon Martin (Cuba)
Jesus Armenteros (Cuba)
Gilberto Carrazana Y Gonzalez (unknown)
Donald Rider (North Dakota)
Francis Teroll (New York)

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Terrorista Joanne Chesimard

FUNDACIÓN NACIONAL CUBANO AMERICANA (FNCA)
1312 SW 27 Avenida,3 piso
Miami, Florida

FUNDACIÓN NACIONAL CUBANO AMERICANA SE UNE A AUTORIDADES DEL ESTADO DE NEW JERSEY EN ANUNCIAR LA DEVOLUCIÓN DE LA TERRORISTA JOANNE
CHESIMARD

La Fundación Nacional Cubano Americana ofrecerá una conferencia de prensa junto a los señores Albio Sires, Presidente de la Asamblea de New Jersey; Peter C. Harvey, Fiscal General y Coronel Joseph Fuentes, Superintendente de la Policía del Estado de New Jersey donde se anunciará el incremento de la recompensa por Joanne Chesimard.

Chesimard, que se ha cambiado el nombre para Assata Shakur, fue encontrada culpable en Mayo de 1973, por el asesinato del Policia
Estatal de New Jersey, Werner Foerster. Chesimard escapó de la
prisión en 1979 hacia Cuba donde el régimen de Fidel Castro le
concedió el status de asilada política. Chesimard fue incorporada a la lista de Terroristas Más Buscados por EEUU.

La recompensa por Chesimard ha sido aumentada de $150,000 a $1 millón de dólares con fondos aprobados por el Fiscal General de los Estados Unidos, Alberto Gonzales.


Fecha:
Martes, 17 de mayo 2005
Hora:1:00 pm
Lugar:Oficina FNCA
1312 SW 27 Avenida,3 piso
Camila Ruiz
305 592-7768


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Hugo Chavez se declara comunista

Por José Sánchez-Boudy

La conspiración comunista para cercar a este país sigue a todo tren. Y
desgraciadamente no vemos que se haga nada por pararla. Y que no cause ni
escándalo como nos sucede a muchos en los círculos que debían tomar urgentes
medidas para frenarla. Para, una vez frenada, liquidarla. Y esto último no
se puede hacer mientras exista el comunismo cubano. Ni mientras se siga
pensando que Chávez es un payaso. No se olvide que el payaso está asesorado
por hombres que saben a donde van y que ha utilizado un nuevo método, muy
engañoso, para comunizar a Venezuela; y al resto del continente cuando
llegue la hora. Esto que digo no es pánico sino que viene de analizar los
acontecimientos. Todos, pero todos los del Exilio Histórico, todos los que
hemos sufrido el comunismo en el mundo saben que con ellos es imposible
dialogar. Que son "maestros del engaño", como los llamó Hoover, el jefe del
FBI maldecido por las izquierdas pro comunistas de este suelo. Sobre todo
entre la intelectualidad, pro anticultura; fabiana; liberal fabiana; ubicada
en los medios de información; en la "media" de los Estados Unidos. Es triste
que, como se me ha dicho por muchos, ver que los que siguen el plan
Payá --no debe llamársele más Varela-no se han dado cuenta de que Payás
quiere el Diálogo con los comunistas y lo dice textualmente en el Documento,
en el primero que circuló del llamado Diálogo Nacional.

Este es un punto de contención entre Payás y Marta Beatriz Roque y los que
la siguen en sus ideas. Rechazan el diálogo con los comunistas. Se ha oído
de boca de esta sagaz señora; por muchos.

Vuelvo a repetirlo: ¿Cómo puede haber diálogo cuando el comunismo ha dado un
golpe de mano de tal categoría que se ha adueñado de una de las naciones más
ricas del continente. Tan rica que está evitando que Cuba colapse
su7ministrándole como subsidio mil millones de dólares que Cuba no va a
pagar; cobrará la ayuda prestada en tÉcnica política comunista y de
esclavizar a la sociedad venezolana tan rica que financiará una televisión
descomunal, porque cubrirá con la propaganda marxistas toda América.

Que se ha adueñado, el marxismo de Venezuela y se va imponiendo --a pesar de
la presencia de las fuerzas armadas-que ya pagarán la traición de no
defender a su pueblo porque cuando el marxismo tome el poder la
defenestrará --de la prensa; de los medios de comunicación en general-de la
propiedad privada y de la oposición del pueblo que dio libertad a un
continente.

Es un método que muestra que halagando a la clase más menesterosa, lanzando
sobre ellas toneladas de dinero; pagando por sus alimentos y concediéndole
poder armado, se logra comunizar como me dicen varios venezolanos, a quien
he consultado al azar; al tun tun. Venezuela está en manos del comunismo
internacional gracias, además, a los Carter; a los Gaviria; y como siempre a
la O.E.A. que nada hace, a los consejeros norteamericanos del Departamento
de Estado y de otros organismos y poderes, casi siempre estos últimos
consejeros, "sin nada en la bola" como me indica un cubano en términos
"beisbolísticos", y a la indiferencia de Europa, a quienes todavía le hacen
caso mucha gente cuando no han movido un dedo por la libertad de Cuba o del
continente, ni ahora ni ayer. Pregúntenle a los mexicanos y a los
argentinos.

En este último caso, Gálvez, el gran novelista argentino, en sus novelas ha
dejado crónicas monumentales.

Chávez acaba de declararse, como hizo Fidel, comunista. Líder de un nuevo
socialismo con él a la cabeza. Enemigo del capitalismo al que dice que hay
que desaparecer así como a la O.E.A. a la que le mandó una carta para que
deje la defensa del capitalismo y se una al nuevo socialismo chaveziano que
es el de Fidel; el de liquidar por completo la libertad. Lo pueden leer en
este rotativo de la libertad DIARIO LAS AMERICAS, en la edición del pasado
domingo.

Pepe Fernández el erudito historiador habló de un "Demagogo con dinero" que
es Chávez y de su peligrosidad.

Pues bien, este demagogo que a muchos parece un payaso está unido a la
conspiración que parte de La Habana busca unir en ella a toda Ámérica para
verter las masas indias y las otras olvidadas contra el capitalismo que ha
sido la salvación de América y del Mundo en general y que constituye "su
propiedad privada" un derecho individual y natural del hombre. Que hace al
hombre libre con el fruto de su trabajo.

Nada se ha dicho, casi nada mejor dicho, como si no fuera un fenómeno de
primera magnitud la presencia del representante iraní en Cuba, en franca
francachela para verter sangre con Castro.

Chávez, pues, se ha declarado marxista. Chávez, hace tiempo se ha declarado
enemigo jurado de los Estados Unidos. El estado soviético se vino al suelo,
pero no el comunismo que sigue más iracundo que nunca; más férreo en todo,
porque cree que ya está llegando a su sueño: dominar al mundo.

El nuevo reto, si se le enfrenta eliminando a Cuba, dándole la libertad al
pueblo cubano, si Estados Unidos cumple con la misión histórica que lleva en
sus entrañas será el coletazo final de la bestia roja. Y se abrirá para el
mundo un largo período de paz. Y esto no admite prueba en contrario.

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