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Mexico: more than 5,000 clinical experiments using human subjects

by Mayela Sánchez

Mexico: more than 5,000 clinical experiments using human subjects

Mexico City (Mexico) | 19 February 2012
1983 – 2011: a total of 5,025 clinical tests – studies using human subjects – have been conducted in Mexico. While more than half the studies have been carried out at centres of excellence and public hospitals, the US government too has performed biomedical studies in Mexico using its health institutes. Conducting these medical tests on human subjects is backed by the financial muscle of the pharmaceutical industry, notably, foreign companies like Pfizer, Eli Lilly and Company, Roche, Sanofi-Aventis and Astrazeneca, some of which have been singled out for conduct that is “hardly ethical”.

Opposition in the Coalition

María Szyszkowska: “Polish troops should withdraw from Iraq and put an end to this disgraceful war”

María Szyszkowska: “Polish troops should withdraw from Iraq and put an end to this disgraceful war”

20 July 2005
An outstanding intellectual of the Polish anti-clerical left, Senator Maria Szyszkowska, has become a leader of the opposition to the war in Iraq. She has been nominated to the Nobel Peace Prize by the Swiss Foreign Affairs Minister and by many international organizations. She was interviewed by Red Voltaire following her nomination as a candidate for the presidency of the Republic of Poland.

“The Christian Faith has something to Say about Morality”

by Benedict XVI

22 April 2005
Pope’s John Paul II is much attached to France for he owes it his theological formation. I particularly remember his visit during the commemoration of Clodoveo’s baptism anniversary as a moment of flowering for France’s baptism. The “elder daughter of the Western Church”, just to call it this way, has given a lot to the Church. The pope is worried about the ideological laicism strongly shown in our days. We favor the laicism but we oppose an ideological laicism that threatens to confine the (...)

Water, a question of life of death

by Tatiana Martínez Hernández

Water, a question of life of death

6 June 2011
Water, the planet’s vital substance, is being depleted and the supermen of capitalism are converting it into a commodity. On account of this, large-scale conflicts are predicted in the immediate future.

A Cancerous Conspiracy to Poison Your Faith in Organic Food

A Cancerous Conspiracy to Poison Your Faith in Organic Food

31 July 2009
Despite its obvious benefits for our health and for the environment, organic food continues to be denigrated by the political and corporate establishment in Britain. The food industry, in alliance with pharmaceutical and big biotechnology companies, has waged a long, often cynical campaign to convince the public that mass-produced, chemically-assisted and intensively-farmed products are just as good as organic foods, despite mounting evidence to the contrary.

GMO Crop Catastrophe in USA a lesson for EU

by F. William Engdahl

GMO Crop Catastrophe in USA a lesson for EU

Frankfurt (Germany) | 22 August 2010
As the European Union moves closer to approving the cultivation of GMOs despite stiff widespread opposition, it ought to be paying urgent attention to the agricultural arms race unfolding in the United States. Roundup-resistant “superweeds” are plaguing Monsanto crops across southern US states, driving farmers to use more herbicides, abandon their farms or return to conventional crops, while an increasing number are switching to organic production.

Rafael Ramírez talks about “the new Pdvsa”, the policies of the Ministry of Energy and Mining and everything you wanted to know about oil

“The story of the barrel at 40 $ started with the oil strike”

by Rodrigo Morazán

“The story of the barrel at 40 $ started with the oil strike”

Caracas (Venezuela) | 14 July 2004
The Minister of Energy and Mining, Rafael Ramírez, affirms that the regional energy agreements will be subscribed thanks to the political agreements, like the ones established with Buenos Aires and Brasilia. He asserts that Venezuela, like the rest of the oil producing countries, is interested in the Chinese market, and does not discard the possibility of a business triangle with Russia as the third vertex. In his defense of the social funds created and financed by Petróleos de Venezuela, he (...)

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Bill Gates talks about ‘vaccines to reduce population’

by F. William Engdahl

Bill Gates talks about ‘vaccines to reduce population'

Frankfurt (Germany) | 5 March 2010
Microsoft founder and one of the world’s wealthiest men, Bill Gates, projects an image of a benign philanthropist using his billions via his (tax exempt) Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to tackle diseases, solve food shortages in Africa and alleviate poverty. In a recent conference in California, Gates reveals a less public agenda of his philanthropy: population reduction, otherwise known as eugenics.

Ebola…the Pentagon makes a home for itself in Africa

by Manlio Dinucci

Ebola…the Pentagon makes a home for itself in Africa

Rome (Italy) | 20 September 2014
Washington announces the establishment of a Military Command Centre in Liberia
Faced with the “unprecedented Ebola epidemic, which is spreading like wild fire across Western Africa” President Obama has announced that, “on the request of the Liberian government”, the United States will establish “a military command centre in Liberia”. Here we have a “Joint Force Command Headquarters” specifies the US African Command (whose “area of responsibility” covers the entire continent, except Egypt). On the (...)

Aznar and Bolton in Paris against Iran

Aznar and Bolton in Paris against Iran

27 June 2010
Myriam Rajavi, President-elect of Democratic Islamic Republic of Iran in Exile.
On 26 June 2010, the People’s Mujahedin of Iran (Mujahideen-e-Khalq) convened a gathering of their members at Taverney, near Paris.
This military sect is commanded by Massoud and Myriam Rajavi, although it is not known whether Massoud is still alive since he hasn’t been seen in public since 2003.
While the Pentagon and the Obama Administration have detached themselves from this organisation, the Mujahedin (...)

Catholic Extremists

The Opus Dei Sets Out to Conquer the World

by Thierry Meyssan

25 January 1996
It was during the dictatorship of General Francisco Franco in Spain that priest José María Escriva de Balaguer founded and established the grounds of the Opus Dei . As Franco’s spiritual advisor and thanks to the organization he founded, Balaguer chose and trained the elite members of the Franco dictatorship until he controlled the essence of powers. Later, Balaguer was sent to the Vatican and from there he worked to spread his power to Latin America. The Opus Dei carries out a gigantic campaign to tame those Catholic priests regarded as “guilty” of appreciating Marxist analyses and opposing military or Catholic dictatorships.

Argentina: Glyphosate kills Mother Nature

Argentina: Glyphosate kills Mother Nature

Córdoba (Argentina) | 30 March 2010
The fertile South American nation is now the world’s third largest producer of soy, trailing behind the United States and Brazil. However, this lucrative industrial form of farming has come under fire with environmental groups, local residents, and traditional farmers reporting that GM soy threatens biodiversity, the nation’s ability to feed itself, and health in rural communities.

The Vatican wants to join the Schengen zone

by Ossama Lotfy

The Vatican wants to join the Schengen zone

30 January 2006
Lawyer Nicola Picardi, Attorney General of the Vatican, wants the Pontifical State to sign the Schengen Agreements – although it is not a EU member – in order to improve “the security measures” in light of “international terrorism”.
The objective of the “attorney general” is to foster “exchange of information, common operations, repressive and preventive activities to ensure people’s security” among the members of the European Union and the Vatican.
However, it seems very unlikely that the clauses (...)

Has Human Rights Watch Joined Venezuela’s Opposition?

by Gregory Wilpert

Has Human Rights Watch Joined Venezuela's Opposition?

Caracas (Venezuela) | 21 June 2004
It looks like the cat is out of the bag: Human Rights Watch has formally joined Venezuela’s opposition. Well, not quite; it is not a formally consummated deal yet, since their latest report does appeal to President Chavez by saying, “the criticisms offered [in the report] [should] not be mischaracterized as a partisan attack.”

Raul Castro Meets with Vatican’ Foreign Minister Dominique Mamberti

Raul Castro Meets with Vatican' Foreign Minister Dominique Mamberti

Havana (Cuba) | 21 June 2010
Cuban President Raul Castro met on Sunday afternoon with the Vatican’s Foreign Minister, Monsignor Dominique Francois Joseph Mamberti, who is on an official and pastoral visit to the island.

Venezuela’s Electoral Council Appoints Norwegian Media Watch Dog

by Robin Nieto

Venezuela's Electoral Council Appoints Norwegian Media Watch Dog

Caracas (Venezuela) | 22 July 2004
A media monitoring committee of the Carter Center will be the leading media watch dog during the Yes or No campaign in the weeks leading up to the Presidential referendum. The monitoring committee will be using a computerized system along with 45 journalism students to monitor news and opinion programs on television and radio according to Stein Ove Gronsund of the Carter Center, the media monitoring project director.

The Roman Curia and the Body of Christ

by Pope Francis

The Roman Curia and the Body of Christ

Vatican City | 22 December 2014
“You are higher than the cherubim, you who changed the pitiful plight of the world when you became like one of us”
Saint Athanasius
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
At the end of Advent, we meet for our traditional greetings. In a few days we will have the joy of celebrating the birth of the Lord: the event of God who became man in order to save us; the manifestation of the love of God who does not just give us something, or send us a message or a few messengers, but gives us himself; the (...)

After Iguazú, we can talk about integration

by Rubén Arachín

After Iguazú, we can talk about integration

Caracas (Venezuela) | 29 July 2004
The first week of this month, in the north Argentinean city of Puerto Iguazú, Venezuela became the newest associate of the South American Common Market (Mercosur), a significant step in the purpose of Latin American integration.
“Venezuela joins Mercosur at a moment of deep changes, moving towards a new type of integration, not towards a neo-liberal integration that was advocated until some time ago.”, said president Chávez. In order to make its membership effective, the world’s fourth (...)

Wishful Polling:Systemic Bias and Manipulation in Venezuela’s Public Opinion Racket

by Jonah Gindin

Wishful Polling:Systemic Bias and Manipulation in Venezuela's Public Opinion Racket

Caracas (Venezuela) | 14 July 2004
With Venezuela’s campaign to recall or reaffirm Hugo Chávez’ Presidential mandate heating up, opinion polls are coming out on what seems like a daily basis. Yet rather than giving any indication of the outcome of the recall referendum this August 15th, they are reinforcing both camps of their projected victories. According to Venezuelan polling company Consultores 21, for example, support for the recall against President Chávez was 65.8% in March, though they note that it has recently fallen to (...)

Vatican, Last Tribute before the Consecration

by Voltaire Network

3 May 2005
Josef Ratzinger has been elected Pope. Even before such decision, Father Adolf Holl had stated that the election had been well prepared and the Popes-to-be had been carefully selected. Lech Walesa, for his part, dismayed, thanked God for the last time for having given a Pope to Poland. More provocative and talented, Joseph Samaha made a comparison between the action of Karol Wojtyla during the Cold War and that of Osama Bin Laden.

Urbi et Orbi Message of Pope Francis

by Pope Francis

Urbi et Orbi Message of Pope Francis

Rome (Italy) | 1 April 2018
Dear brothers and sisters, Happy Easter!
Jesus is risen from the dead!
This message resounds in the Church the world over, along with the singing of the Alleluia: Jesus is Lord; the Father has raised him and he lives forever in our midst.
Jesus had foretold his death and resurrection using the image of the grain of wheat. He said: “Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit” (Jn 12:24). And this is precisely what happened: (...)

WHO ‘Swine Flu Pope’ under investigation for gross conflict of interest

by F. William Engdahl

WHO ‘Swine Flu Pope' under investigation for gross conflict of interest

Frankfurt (Germany) | 9 December 2009
The man with the nickname “Dr Flu”, Professor Albert Osterhaus, of the Erasmus University in Rotterdam Holland has been named by Dutch media researchers as the person at the center of the worldwide Swine Flu H1N1 Influenza A 2009 pandemic hysteria. Not only is Osterhaus the connecting person in an international network that has been described as the Pharma Mafia, he is THE key advisor to WHO on influenza and is intimately positioned to personally profit from the billions of euros in vaccines allegedly aimed at H1N1.

The WHO and UNICEF are sterilizing the people of the Third World whilst claiming to vaccinate them

The WHO and UNICEF are sterilizing the people of the Third World whilst claiming to vaccinate them

26 February 2015
Following scandals already recorded in Mexico, Nicaragua and the Philippines, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Fund for Children (UNICEF) are once again being accused in Kenya of having administered sterilizing products to patients making them believe that they were being vaccinated against tetanus.
In March and October 2014, the Kenyan Conference of Catholic Bishops which administers a number of hospitals in this African country, participated in a campaign for (...)

For more than 50 years, the WHO has banned any study relating to the nuclear industry’s impact

For more than 50 years, the WHO has banned any study relating to the nuclear industry's impact

3 June 2009
The Annual General Meeting of the World Health Organization (WHO) was disrupted for the third time by organizations requesting that the Agreement concluded between the WHO and the IAEA (the International Atomic Energy Agency) be set aside.
Exactly 50 years ago, on 28 May 1959, the General Assembly approved a protocol agreement between the WHO and IAEA. The agreement provides that both organizations must focus on issues of common interest. In practice, this means that the WHO cannot publish (...)

European Parliament to Investigate WHO and “Pandemic” Scandal

by F. William Engdahl

European Parliament to Investigate WHO and “Pandemic” Scandal

Frankfurt (Germany) | 11 January 2010
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will launch an inquiry in the course of this month on the influence of the pharmaceutical companies on the global swine flu campaign, focusing especially on the extent of the pharma‘s industry’s influence on WHO.
The Health Committee of the PACE, a body representing 47 European nations including Russia, has unanimously passed a resolution calling for the inquiry. The step is a long-overdue move to public transparency of a “Golden (...)

Current Concerns, n°8, 19 April 2016

Health and Economy

247. Health and Economy

Zurich (Switzerland) | 21 April 2016
Medicine cannot really be human without care and interpersonal relationship. The rule of economics sickens our healthcare system, by David Holzmann / The US are poisoning the climate in Europe, by Willy Wimmer / NATO aggression – 17 years on. Panel dedicated to the memory of the victims, by the Belgrade Forum for a World of Equals / Two kinds of politics, by Karl Müller / Think tanks – the invisible power. William F. Engdahl – Autocratic structures threatening democracies / Swiss Army – Stop marching and return to the Constitutional order!, by Marianne Wüthrich / Reflections on the Swiss Army from a constitutional perspective / “Switzerland is quasi part of large scale NATO manoeuvres”, Interview with National Councillor Adrian Amstutz / A credible alternative to the EU is desperately needed, by Dieter Sprock / Neutrality is a characteristic feature of the Swiss Confederation, by Wolfgang von Wartburg / Referendum – No to halving the Swiss Armed Forces! (Development of the Armed Forces (...)

Salvador Allende: 40 years after his physical disappearance

by Rosa María González López

Salvador Allende: 40 years after his physical disappearance

Havana (Cuba) | 12 September 2013
On 4 September 1970, the doctor and parliamentarian, Salvador Allende Gossens, a presidential candidate for the political coalition, Unidad Popular, of socialist popularity and supported by progressive sectors and the country’s left triumphed in the elections. He became the new constitutional president of Chile.
A month later – on 4 November – he was sworn into office - this natural leader of the dispossessed, the peasants, the workers and students; a sympathizer and supporter of (...)

It’s official: Bush & associates are war criminals

It's official: Bush & associates are war criminals

14 May 2012
In what is the first ever conviction of its kind anywhere in the world, on 11 May 2012, the former US President and seven key members of his administration were found guilty of war crimes by the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal. The Tribunal recommends to the War Crimes Commission to give the widest international publicity to this conviction and grant of reparations, as these are universal crimes for which there is a responsibility upon nations to institute prosecutions if any of these accused persons may enter their jurisdictions.

Democracy & Security International Conference

by José-Maria Aznar, Natan Sharansky, Vaclav Havel

Prague Charter

Prague (Czech Republic) | 6 June 2007
Whereas we believe that all people have the right to live in free societies, that free societies are anchored in freedom of thought and expression, and that institutions such as a free press, representative legislatures, accountable executives, independent judiciaries and market economies protect this core freedom, as well as many other freedoms;
Whereas we recognize that there is a profound moral difference between free societies and societies ruled by fear and repression where human (...)

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