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Can Europe Stop the world Depression? "'the ruin of developing, countries and the . deepening, economiC depression in the £ng,llSh speal<ing, world Il1aKe clear that the systeIl1 of j\da SIl1ith is no Il10re capable than that of . l(;l.rlIl1 lAarJ<. to provide a solution to the econoIl11C misery of eastern Europe. , "what is re<1.uired is a 'g,rand des,@, of £UfOpea poliCY, which not only Il1asters the n task of reconstructiOn but SJIll,utaneously $100 contributes to world developIl1ent and peace. such a "lan is Lyndon LaROuche'S proposed t' ' " 'productive 'Triang,le prog,rarn._froID the Berlin Declaration, ab1e M.arch 4, 1991 Ma\<.e ctlec\<. or mone'i order pa8 to ·. ,. Mastercard and \lisa accepted . Founder and Contributing Editor: Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. Editor: Nora Hamerman Managing Editors: John Sigerson, Susan Welsh From the Editor Assistant Managing Editor: Ronald Kokinda Editorial Board: Warren Hamerman, Melvin Klenetsky, Antony Papert, Gerald Rose, Allen Salisbury, Edward Spannaus, Nancy Spannaus, On the eve of the imposition of draconian "fre~ market reforms" Webster Tarpley, Carol White, Christopher White in the Russian republic, on Jan. 2, a Moscow newspaper ran major Science and Technology: Carol White coverage of American political dissident Lyndon LaRouche , which Special Services: Richard Freeman be~n Book Editor: Katherine Notley we report on page 52. Thus, the battle has joined between Advertising Director: Marsha Freeman the cynical, atheistic conception of economics based on so-called Circulation Manager: Stanley Ezrol exchange value-with the British "free market" version now replac INTELLIGENCE DIRECTORS: ing the Marxist variant-and the program of transformation of the Agriculture: Marcia Merry Asia: Linda de Hoyos physical economy, based on the Christian conception of the unique Counterintelligence: Jeffrey Steinberg, value of every individual human being. The leader of the ecumenical Paul Goldstein Economics: Christopher White movement for Christian economics in the world today is LaRouche, European Economics: William Engdahl Ibero-America: Robyn Quijano, Dennis Small whose trilogy of prison writings, The Science ofC/zristian Economy, Medicine: John Grauerholz, M.D. will be a new year's present to the world for 1992. Russia and Eastern Europe: Rachel Douglas, Konstantin George In an interview reported on Jan. 2, Russian Deputy Prime Minis Special Projects: Mark Burdman ter Yegor Gaidar, the main architect of the price liberalization, pre United States: Kathleen Klenetsky dicted that the Yeltsin government will fall as a result of the shock INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS: Bangkok: Pakdee Tanapura, Sophie Tanapura therapy. "Somebody has to pay a political price," he announced, but Bogota: Jose Restrepo "somebody has to begin." The political price is fall higher than Gaidar Bonn: George Gregory, Rainer Apel Copenhagen: Poul Rasmussen may calculate. The example of Poland's sufferimgs at the hands of Houston: Harley Schlanger the Jeffrey Sachs maniacs is at their doorstep. However, on page 6 Lima: Sara Madueiio Mexico City: Hugo Lopez Ochoa Dennis Small reports on a reality not well known in Europe: how Milan: Leonardo Servadio Sachs's reforms led to the dictatorship of the cocaine traffickers in New Delhi: Susan Maitra Paris: Christine Bierre Bolivia-a fact confirmed by Sachs, without remorse. Rio de Janeiro: Silvia Palacios The fact that the alternative of "political dissident LaRouche" Stockholm: Michael Ericson Washington, D.C.: William Jones has begun to be publicized in Russian media cannot be underesti Wiesbaden: Garan Haglund mated. 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Box 17390, Washington, D.C. 20041-0390. ~TIillContents Interviews Departments Economics 44 Dr. Zarko Domljan 19 Agriculture 4 Russian economic debate The president of the Croatian Wildlife groups gobble up needs LaRouche program Parliament spoke with EIR during a farmland. With price controls lifted on Jan. 2, trip to Argentina. under the influence of Jeffrey Sachs 20 Report from Rio and the Harvard "free-trade" mafia, 48 Joseph Nerette Two plagues threatening Brazil. and with organized crime having a Haiti's Provisional President heyday, everything is set for an denounces the U.S. embargo, and 21 Africa Report explos.ion. Lyndon LaRouche urges the "profound and regrettable National Conference in Niger. the "Minsk Community" nations to ignorance" of Haiti that is rapidly enact currency reforms. manifested in Washington. 57 Dateline Mexico NAFfA on the ropes. 6 How the economy of BoliYia became addicted to Reviews 58 Andean Report cocaine Alan Garcia wins a battle. Jeffrey Sachs's first "success 54 Best CD of Verdi's best story." Schiller opera 59 Panama Report Don Carlos, by Giuseppe Verdi; Two years of U.S. occupation. 9 Foreigners are not to blame Carlo Maria Giulini, Conductor; for GM crisis Royal Opera House Orchestra. 72 Editorial Dream turned nightmare. 10 BCCI plea bargain a shamefulcoverup Science & Technology 11 Unicef report: 250,000 children die each week 24 Global warming: the rest of the story 12 Where do we get the money Are we facing a weather disaster, or to p~y for great is it just media psychosis? Part 1 of infrastructure projects? a series of excerpts from a Frank Hahn of the Schiller Institute forthcoming book by German in Gennany traces the historical meteorologist Gerd R. Weber. roots of the system of state credit creation: anathema to the flea marketeers. 16 Currency Rates 17 'Shock therapy' formulas have ruined the Bulgarian economy A speech by Dr. T. Nikolov of the Institute of the World Economy in Bulgaria, to a recent conference of the Schiller Institute. 22 Business Briefs Volume 19, Number 2, January 10, 1992 Feature International National 42 Why recognition of Croatia 62 Establishment fears was postponed LaRouche presidential bid The diplomatic arm-wrestling goes For the first ti$1e in the history of on behind the scenes, and the the Federal Election Commission, a Anglo-Americans are doing candidate has met the qualifications everything to prevent Germany for receiving matching funds for his from flexing any independent presidential campaign bid, and has political muscle. Meanwhile, at been denied funds. Christmas, entire communities in Run on the banks in New York in the early 1930s. Croatia were being wiped off the 64 Virginia's Terry gets U.S. Controller General Charles Bowsher, head of map. slammed ~ the press the General Accounting Office, told the House Bank ing Committee Jan. 3 that "Not since the '30s has the Trouble for the "Get LaRouche" banking industry . been in as serious condition as 44 Our freedom depends on task force. now .... I think we have a very serious problem here all nations being free with the banking industry and a serious problem with An interview with Dr. Zarko 65 Virginia inmate fights for the recession because the banking industry has so Domljan. many problems." his life 32 Save-the-banks swindles 45 Li Peng's bid for India falls 66 Kevorkia~ faces grand jury destroying the U.S. flat in Delhi visit probe economy All told, in 1991, the federal 46 Dispute over the China 67 Elephants and Donkeys government seized banks and thrifts India border "Draft Cuom<ll" operation under with a total of $151.7 billion in way. assets. The taxpayer is footing the 48 The embargo violates bill for the bailout, and is told that Haiti's status as a sovereign 68 Congressional Closeup the "recovery" is just around the state comer. Yet day by day, the crisis An interview with Joseph Nerette. 70 National News gets worse. The time has come for a change in policy. 51 The Demjanjuk case: Lawyer charges 34 FDIC figures show U.S. conspiracy, frameup banking system is hopelessly bankrupt 52 LaRouche case hits John Hoefle's analysis draws on the government's own statistics, but Moscow newspaper The newspaper of Moscow's reaches quite a different conclusion Democratic Union Party, than the spin-doctors from the Svobodnoye Slovo, runs extensive Treasury Department and the coverage of the "American Federal Reserve. dissident," including his program for economic recovery. 41 The LaRouche record on the banking crisis 56 U.S.