Volume 14, Number 30, July 31, 1987
Interviews
Osvaldo de Rivero
by Ana María Mendoza and Hartmut Cramer
The Undersecretary for Economic Affairs in the Peruvian Foreign Ministry and head of the Peruvian delegation at UNCTAD VII.
Daniel Suazo
The Minister Counselor, Ambassador at the Permanent Mission of the Dominican Republic in Geneva.
Bernard Chidzero
The Minister of Finance, Economic Planning, and Development of Zimbabwe.
Abdul Munim
Commerce Minister of Bangladesh.
Book Reviews
Confessions of a Soviet Trust Agent
by Scott Thompson
Looks at Hammer, by Armand Hammer with Neil Lyndon.
Books Received
Science & Technology
Mining Helium-3 on the Moon for Unlimited Energy
by Marsha Freeman
There is enough fuel on the Moon’s surface to power the fusion reactors that can advance the Earth’s economy and begin industrializing space.
Departments
Report from Bonn
by Rainer Apel
A Long-Overdue Look at the Red Army.
Northern Flank
by Göran Haglund
AIDS Time Bomb Ignites in Sweden.
Rio Report
by Silvia Palacios
Kremlin Blesses Brazil’s “Theolibbers.”
Dateline Mexico
by Hugo López Ochoa
A “Green” Presidential Campaign.
Andean Report
by Carlos Cota Meza
A New Front Against García.
Books Received
Labor in Focus
by Marcia Merry
“Foreigners” Threaten Auto?
Editorial
Pentagon Ignoring Soviet Scientific Lead?
Economics
The Biggest Ponzi Game in History
by David Goldman
The news is not that American banks will show the worst net loss in history during the second quarter, but rather, that the banking industry will continue to show such losses for the third quarter, the fourth quarter, and so forth, until such time that it ceases to exist, as matters stand.
Debt on the Agenda at UNCTAD VII, But West Cedes the Floor to Soviets
by Ana María Mendoza and Hartmut Cramer
A first-hand report on the Geneva conference.
Documentation: Excerpts from the speeches of French President Mitterrand, Norwegian Prime Minister Brundtland, and Egyptian President Mubarak, and interviews with four government delegates.
Currency Rates
Foreign Exchange
by David Goldman
How Long for the Japanese Inflow?
Overcoming the Reagan ‘Recovery’: U.S. Manned Space-Flight Headquarters To Be in Virginia
by Joyce Fredman
Third in a series.
Agriculture
by Marcia Merry
“Meat and Milk Will Make You Sick.”
Domestic Credit
Government Bankrupt by End of July?
Business Briefs
Feature
Has the U.S. Given In to Moscow in the War on Drugs?
by Robyn Quijano
Soviet-directed narco-terrorism has penetrated every nation of Ibero-America. This flank of the Russian Empire’s subversion of the West demonstrates exactly how Soviet irregular warfare operates, and why the United States has been losing that war to Moscow for the last 20 years.
Panama: Narco-Terrorists’ Target: The Canal
by Gretchen Small
Symbiosis of Drugs and Terror in Peru
by Sara Madueño
Drugs and Terrorism in Colombia: How the Two Are Combined into One
AIFLD: Friend of Drug Traffickers
International
U.S Gulf Deployment a Blow to New Yalta Deal
by Jeffrey Steinberg
The emergence of Weinberger’s military policy raises the possibility of a positive shift in U.S. foreign policy, but there is a deeper problem to be solved.
North Korea and State Department Seek Deal for Korean Peninsula
by Linda de Hoyos
Alfonsín, IMF Push Argentina to Brink
by Cynthia R. Rush
International Intelligence
AIDS Update
OSHA Demands Worker Protection against AIDS
Colorado Meatpacking Firm Will Test Workers
AIDS Time Bomb Ignites in Sweden
by Göran Haglund
Anti-AIDS Ballot Initiative Gets Under Way in California
by Marla Minnicino
President’s AIDS Panel: A Lost Opportunity
GOP Task Force Told: AIDS Politically Protected
by Ronald Kokinda
National
Walsh Launches Next Phase of Iran-Contra Probe
by Paul Goldstein
The Justice Department is under fire. Will the “Hashemi file” be opened next?
Anti-AIDS Ballot Initiative Gets Under Way in California
by Marla Minnicino
Proposition 64 was defeated in 1986, but many things have changed.
President’s AIDS Panel: A Lost Opportunity
Crimes of Environmentalism: How U.S. Laws Were Changed To Be Pro-Mosquito—and Against Humans
by Marjorie Mazel Hecht
Eye on Washington
by Nicholas F. Benton
Volcker: Greenspan’s Deregulation Is Disastrous.
Elephants & Donkeys
by Kathleen Klenetsky
Hart Campaign Manager Scores Iowa “Blackmail” — Dukakis’s Anti-SDI Stance Stirs Rancor — Southern Dems Not Charmed by “Dwarfs”.
Congressional Closeup
by Ronald Kokinda
National News
