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Click here for Full Issue of Fidelio Volume 11, Number 1-2, Winter-Spring 2002 Arab Oil Conference ‘The Mideast As A Crossroad’ yndon LaRouche was a featured Lspeaker at a June 1-2 conference on “The Role of Oil and Gas in World Poli- tics,” held in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. LaRouche’s presentation, “The Middle East as a Strategic Cross- road,” went to the heart of the only strate- i l a t

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I fresh water development was more cru- E cial even than oil to the region’s future; “Iniziativa Italia” forum: Lyndon LaRouche (left), host Danilo Broggi (right). and that new Land-Bridge transportation corridors across Eurasia and into Africa were the key to its development. In its Arabic-language press release, Italy: Economic Development Abu Dhabi’s influential Zayed Centre for Coordination and Follow-Up To Defeat Clash of Civilizations (ZCCF), which hosted LaRouche, announced that “the conference would yndon LaRouche addressed two with their orientation toward advancing be an appropriate opportunity for the Lmeetings at the prestigious Palazzo productive technologies, form the perfect attendance by the major American dei Giureconsulti in the center of Milan, complement to the large-scale infrastruc- Italy on March 21-22. The first, a dinner ture projects that are at the center of organized by a leading regional legislator LaRouche’s proposals for rebuilding the in the Lombardy area, consisted of about world economy, as exemplified in his Brazil:LaRouche 100 representatives of political, business, Eurasian Land-Bridge proposal. and professional circles from the region. Key to the role of the production-ori- n a solemn ceremony June 12, Lyndon The second, a public event organized by ented entrepreneur, said LaRouche, is IH. LaRouche, Jr. was awarded hon- the entrepreneurs’ association “Iniziativa the goal of promoting the common good. orary citizenship of Sao Paulo by the City Italia,” was attended by over 100 busi- Thus, as opposed to those who seek to Council of that city of more than 18 mil- nessmen, press, students, and supporters maximize short-term financial profits, lion people, the third largest in the world. of the LaRouche movement in Italy. small and medium-sized businesses must LaRouche was invited to Brazil to receive LaRouche, whose fight for a new, be oriented toward creating jobs and real this honor by Dr. Havanir Nimtz, the just economic system and global devel- value in the economy. principal representative on the Sao Paulo opment has been well known in Italy for LaRouche was very well received at City Council of the PRONA party, nearly 30 years, also had an official both events, with many of the partici- founded by Dr. Eneas Carneiro, one of meeting March 22 with the Presidency pants thanking him for his courage in Brazil’s preeminent cardiologists and a of the Lombard regional Parliament, waging an international fight for these former Presidential candidate. including a delegation of regional legis- ideas. Danilo Broggi, the president of LaRouche and his wife Helga Zepp lators from both the government and Milan’s Association of Small Enterpris- LaRouche, accompanied by Dr. Eneas, opposition parties. es, introduced LaRouche by saying that visited a plenary session of the City At both events, as well as in several if he had to condense LaRouche’s eco- Council on June 12, and were introduced private meetings, LaRouche emphasized nomic views into a slogan, it would be, to the body by Councilwoman Havanir. the importance of entrepreneurship as a “More production and less finance.” He The Council session was later formally driving force for economic development, also concluded the meeting with a state- suspended, in order to convene the spe- as opposed to the model of the corporate ment that his positive impression of cial session awarding LaRouche his citi- manager, who is oriented toward finance LaRouche had been strengthened, and zenship. After the official proclamation and the marketplace—a model which is that the central message of the meeting was handed to LaRouche, Dr. Havanir now going down the drain along with had been the ability of the economic sys- and Dr. Eneas each spoke about the bankrupt international financial system, and the building of infrastructure, LaRouche’s work and contributions. tem. Small and medium-sized businesses, to contribute to the common good. If there is to be hope for the world,