Neo-Liberals figures will analyze in Panama the progress of the left in Latin America

[AlphaCentauri]

A group of Neo liberal intellectuals in Panama will analyze on the 22 the advance of the left in Bolivia, Cuba, Nicaragua, Ecuador and Venezuela, reported today the Freedom Foundation.
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As a final act of the seminar will be offered a "Dinner for democracy and freedom", attended as the guest of honor and speaker Yon Goicoechea, winner of the Milton Friedman Prize for Freedom 2008 and leader of the Venezuelan student movement.

http://www.soitu.es/soitu/2008/10/08/info/1223429872_264666.html


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Who are the member of those organization?

Luis Ortega, a cuban writer living in Miami, writes --

If there is anyone who does not know what is neoliberalism, he should
read the rantings of the writings of Carlos Alberto Montaner, Plinio
Apuyelo Mendoza and Mario Vargas Llosa. In reading their works one
will appreciate the venomous character of the neoliberal doctrine.
Reducing it to it's simplest terms, one can say that neoliberalism is
nothing but a new disguise for US imperialism; it is another way of
sugar coating it.

One should, for example, ask the Argentineans roaming the streets of
Buenos Aires in rage what they think of US imperialism and of it's dire
consequences, as former president Carlos Menem sold his country
unconditionally, totally to US interests. The ruination of Argentina,
which has converted neoliberalism into a bad word, will be repeated
soon in other countries of Latin America. But the three horsemen,
authors of picturesque books in defense of the IMF, who are still
trying to explain away what happened in Argentina came up with the
conclusion that the ruin is due to their not going far enough in the
formulas prescribed by neoliberal policies. Knowing fully well
Montaner (Cuban born writer living in Spain) it is a matter of his
modus vivendi.

Years ago when the Miami Herald was still a decent paper it committed a
grave mistake by making him editor of the Spanish speaking supplement.
This was a mistake that sometimes newspapers make and which is hard to
undue. For the supplement has become an editorial monologue which
Montaner utilizes to disperse ideas that suit his personal interests,
and which he uses as an excuse for his constant trips to Latin America;
travels that are in reality business trips. That is why the supplement
is so boring and all one sided, monotone in nature. The wonder of a
newspaper is in it's diversity and it's independence. And this is what
precisely the supplement lacks, as Montaner has made it into his own
vademecum.

Montaner without doubts very ambitious and shrewd, he knows how to
wiggle around with much more grace than Rita, the mulatta - a former
Cuban dancer. It is this kind of Cuban who is always trying an easy
way to make money. Aside from the books he publishes periodically with
the aid of book bearers and his representing the Miami Herald in Latin
America, Montaner has entered wholeheartedly in the Internet. In the
internet he has a program in defense of neoliberalism in which with his
accomplices, people like Vargas Llosa and Plinio Apuleyo, he presents
his writings. In this space writings by Carlos Ball, Ichikawa, Raul
Rivero, the Spaniard Losantos, and the deaf Betancourt among others of
the same vein also appear. It is inevitable that the famous
neoliberalism will go to hell in Latin America. It has failed totally
and as such neither Montaner nor his cohorts will ever convince anyone
otherwise. And although the first book in defense of US imperialism,
the long winded book, the Manual of the Perfect Latin American Idiot
has all but disappeared on the bookshelves of bookstores, these three
horsemen still try to justify their premise - the defense of
neoliberalism. It is a matter of business and of squeezing out the
last drop of profit.

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More about it, spanish
http://libresdelsur.org.ar/spip.php?article4059

[Judi Lynn]

1. Too bad they haven't decided to hold their conference while taking a nice leisurely sea cruise

on a leaky ship! They'd never be missed.

Carlos Montaner is mentioned in this article:

Propaganda War Against Cuba
November 09, 2004 By Salim Lamrani

Translated by Barbara and David Forbes

Further to the strategy declared in Colin Powell's report « Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba», whose aim is to lead the Cuban revolutionary process towards its complete annihilation, the campaign of misinformation against the Caribbean island,launched by the Bush administration and the Cuban extreme right in Florida, has spread widely into Europe. (1) In fact, from 17th to 19th September 2004 the « International Summit for Democracy in Cuba » was held in Prague in the Czech Republic, under the auspices of the International Committee for Democracy in Cuba, which was founded by the former Czech president Vaclav Havel.(2) This meeting, the propaganda impact of which is beyond doubt, marked a new phase in the American media war against Cuba, with the collusion of the European Union. (3)

Under Washington's remote control, the meeting brought together several right and extreme right politicians on the International Committee for Democracy in Cuba, such as Vaclav Havel, former Spanish prime minister José Maria Aznar, and Madeleine Albright, former Secretary of State under the Clinton administration. They are, for the most part, closely linked to the White House and the fascist wing of the Cuban exiles which is deeply implicated in international terrorism. (4)

The Czech government, which has shown its loyalty to the United States on many occasions, was the sponsor of the meeting. A unit for « promoting the transition » in Cuba has even been recently created within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, led by Gabriela Dlouha. (5). As early as 1999, at the request of Madeleine Albright, herself of Czech origin, the Czech authorities had tabled a resolution against Cuba during the meeting of the Commission for Human Rights in Geneva. Martin Palous, Czech ambassador to the USA, was delighted over the « role played » by his government concerning « the Cuban question ». Cuban-born Frank Calzon, a former CIA agent and director of the Center for a Free Cuba (an organisation controlled by the Cuban radical right), expressed his approval of the interventionist attitude of the Czech Republic. (6)

During this meeting on the theme of « Cuban dissidence », Vaclav Havel virulently condemned the arrests of 75 people by the Cuban authorities in March 2003. (7) In taking refuge behind the usual rhetoric about human rights, which crumbles at once when confronted by the facts, Mr Havel carefully evaded the details of this affair. He confined himself to calling for the release of Raúl Rivero, sentenced for conspiracy, subversive activities and collaboration with the setting up of the Washington blockade. In fact, on the payroll of the US government - a foreign enemy power which has been harassing Cuba since 1959 - Rivero participated in setting up the conditions necessary for destabilising Cuba, in flagrant violation of the laws of his country. (8).

The organisation of this meeting is far from innocent. In reality, its aim was to create within international opinion the conditions necessary for a US military invasion of Cuba. Several Latin-American personalities have joined the movement, such as former president of Uruguay Luis Alberto Lacalla, the former strong man of Chile Patricio Aylwin Azóca, and the former president of Costa Rica, Luis Alberto Monje, who did not hesitate for a single second to rub shoulders during the aforesaid meeting with individuals such as Carlos Alberto Montaner, president of the Cuban Liberal Union and also former CIA agent, who has a long criminal record linked to international terrorism. (9)

More:
http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/7494

[AlphaCentauri]

2. "on a leaky ship! They'd never be missed"

:rofl:

[Judi Lynn]

3. "A group of (neo)liberal intellectuals," oh, stop, you're killing me!

I don't know when I've laughed this hard, how about you?

I understand they also held their own art show during the same time frame, bringing their favorite neo-liberal paintings to the competition. This is the winner:


"Cute," ain't it? Maybe this is the one by Montaner.

You can just see the integrity shining forth from the man, as a brilliant aura. What a god! :sarcasm:



Carlos Alberto Montaner
How dare we think of the rest of the world when it's Montaner we serve?