SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE

December Caribbean Memo 2013

Date: 01-December-2013

From: News Center Publications

Dear Friends:

And that’s still true 40 years after General Augusto Pinochet took control of Chile on Sept. 11, 1973.

On that date, Pinochet and the military ended a Socialist government headed by Salvador Allende, whose aim was to convert the South American country into the second Communist country in the Western Hemisphere.

Cuba was the first.

And since then, the political left has never forgiven Pinochet for calling for free elections and allowing the development of Chile’s economy into perhaps the best in Latin America.

And what is this most recent leftist example critical of Pinochet?

It is a Spanish-language film, called “No.”  It was released  last year.

The story claimed responsibility for the election victory of Christian Democrat Patricio Aylwin in 1989. It denied Pinochet a second eight-year term of office.

A political-historical novel, called “Chile-New York: the Eleventh of September,” describes exactly what happened.

It is one of six we've done. They can be viewed on our WebSite: natcarnes.com.

A Caribbean Memo collection can also be viewed on the Website by clicking ‘Memo’.

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The Editors

 

 

CATHOLIC PRIEST IS KIDNAPPED

November Caribbean Memo 2013

Date: 01-November-2013

From: News Center Publications

Dear Friends,

A French Roman Catholic priest has been kidnapped from a parish church in a small African town in northern Cameroon.

That’s according to TV5Monde, a French-language television report and confirmed by Reuters, an English-language wire-service news story.

Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon (French: Republique du Cameroun), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by six countries including Nigeria to the west and the South Atlantic Ocean.

A Roman Catholic Church official in Paris, France, provided some detail following the kidnapping of the 42-year-old priest, Georges Vandenbeusch.

The spokesman said he was able to alert the French embassy by phone of the attack.

Some 15 gunmen reportedly stormed the parish church of Nguetchewe, about six miles from the Nigerian border,  marched him bare-foot across the village and later demanded ransom for his return.

Authorities believe a Nigerian Islamist sect called ‘Boko Haram’ may have been responsible. The group seized a French family in the same area nine months earlier.

While two-thirds of the nation’s population is Christian, Islam dominates in the north, where the kidnapping took place.

If you are interested in knowing more about Islam, we invite

you to read our just published novel, “Al-Maghred, the Barbary Lion.”

We talk about these matters because we’re interested in telling a story about the world centered on our interest in the Caribbean and Latin America and its extension to other parts of the world.

As a result, we think we’ve done that with the publication of six historical-political novels. They can be viewed on our WebSite.

To find them, click News Center Publications after reaching the Web address: ‘natcarnes.com.’ Once there click: Amazon.com.

This Caribbean Memo and a Memo collection can also be found on the Website by clicking “Memo.”

Remember, we are interested in your comments, pro and con. In other words, that's how we learn.

And please let us know if you want your name taken off the Caribbean Memo list.

The Editors

 

 

AMAZING BUT TRUE

October Caribbean Memo 2013

Date: 01-October-2013

From: News Center Publications

Subject: October Caribbean Memo-2013

Dear Friends:

Organizers called it the "Million Man Muslim March." 

When staged on September 11^th, the 12^th anniversary attack on the World Trade Center in New York City, only a few hundred people turned out for the Washington, D.C. event.

It was organized by the American Muslim Political Action Committee.

An organizer declared: “Islam is coming to America the same way Christianity came to Rome.”

He then predicted the United States would be called

the Islamic State of North America by 2050. “The White House will become the Muslim House.”

Who is this spokesman?

He is Hassen Abdellah, an attorney for an Mahmoud Abouhalima, who was charged in the bombing of the World Trade Center.

Adbellah added U. S. President Barack Obama inspired the march when Obama spoke at the University of Cairo and said Islam was an integral part of American society.

If Adbellah is correct, Christianity would be against the law in 2050.

Only Islam would be allowed and nothing else.

In other words, in our view, Islam is dangerous, extremely dangerous.

Why?

Simply put: it is a bad mixture of both religion and politics.

To learn more of what we are talking about, read our novel, “Al-Maghred, the Barbary Lion: A Look at Islam.”

We talk about these matters because of our interest in the Caribbean, Latin American and its extension to other parts of the world.

As a result, we have six novels backing up the point and they can be found quickly. Go to our Website. Once there click: Amazon.com.

This Caribbean Memo and a Memo collection can also be found on the same site by clicking Caribbean Memo.

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And please let us know if you want your name taken off the Caribbean Memo list.

The Editors

 

 

FORTY YEARS AGO THIS MONTH

September Caribbean Memo 2013

Date: 01-September-2013

From: News Center Publications

 

Dear Friends:

General Augusto Pinochet changed Chile 40 years ago this month.

By that we mean, he ended an attempt led by Fidel Castro to turn Chile into a second Cuba.

After doing so, Pinochet opened the way for a democratically elected government. And as a result, this South American country became one of the most prosperous in the region.

And interestingly enough, his achievement to this day is criticized by the political left.

Our Novel, “Chile-New York: The Eleventh of September,’’ tells the story.

In an attempt to find out what happened and then report on it, we spent three months there to examine both sides of the argument.

We say these things because we're interested in telling a story about the world centered on the Caribbean and Latin America.

And we think we've done that in six historical-political novels. They can be viewed on our WebSite: natcarnes.com.

A Caribbean Memo collection can also be viewed on the Website by clicking ‘Memo’.

Remember, we are interested in your comments, pro and con. In other words, that's how we learn.

And please let us know if you want your name taken off the Caribbean Memo list.

The Editors

CRITICISM IS A DIRTY WORD

August Caribbean Memo 2013

Date: 01-Aug-2013

From: News Center Publications

 

Venezuela’s government apparently thinks so. When criticism comes, it seems willing to do anything to stop it.

Here are two recent examples.

First, Venezuela’s Supreme Court ordered opposition political leader Henrique Capriles pay a $1,698 fine.

Why?

He had challenged President Nicolas Maduro’s April 14^th narrow election victory over Capriles.  

The election was called following the March 5 death of former President Hugo Chavez.

Two, the government has frozen bank accounts and taken over property owned by Miguel Henrique Otero, editor of the South American country’s privately owned newspaper, El Nacional.       

Why?

The action, according to an Associated Press report, was part of a larger government investigation. It charged Otero’s friend and associate, former Caracas mayor Alfredo Pena, was allegedly corrupt.

In our opinion, Otero asks an obvious question.

Why should the government be critical of his newspaper when it can make its views known without challenge on seven official outlets, five television and two radio stations.

Besides that, Otero says the government uses dozens of Internet Web Pages to be critical of private media positions.

We talk about this conflict because we're interested in telling a story about the Caribbean, Latin America and even the United States.

We think we've done that in six historical-political novels. They can be viewed on our WebSite: natcarnes.com. We're currently working on a seventh.

A Memo collection can also be found on our Website: natcarnes.com. Once there, click News Center Publications and then Caribbean Memo.

Remember, we are interested in your comments, pro and con. In other words, that's how we learn.

And please let us know if you want your name taken off the Caribbean Memo list.

The Editors

 

 

 

 

IT’S ABOUT RACE

July Caribbean Memo 2013

Date: 01-July-2013

From: News Center Publications

Dear Friends:

Unfortunately, it is about RACE. Here are two examples.

One, riots and protests came after George Zimmerman defined largely as white was recently declared innocent by a Sanford, Florida, jury. He had been charged in connection with the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, a black teen-ager.

Al Sharpton and his National Action Network called for protests at federal buildings in 100 cities. The idea, according to Sharpton, is to pressure the federal government to charge Zimmerman with civil rights violations.

The NAACP—on it’s Website—also announced it wanted: “Justice for Trayvon Martin.”

Two, Sharpton and the NAACP have remained quiet, however, about perhaps an even more explosive issue related to President Barack Obama. They have not even called for an investigation to determine the correctness or incorrectness of a book entitled: “Barack Obama and Larry Sinclair.”

We have no idea if the book is good, bad or indifferent, but it should be investigated. Other examples like this one undoubtedly exist and are being kept QUIET for the same reason: RACE.

In conclusion, we believe the COVER-UP of the book example has as much to do with race as the Trayvon Martin case.

Now we have to ask an obvious question and that question is WHY?

In our opinion at least, the inability to look at both examples correctly has to do with a general unawareness of black-slave history. Most don’t want to go there for a simple reason: old stereotypes might have to be reexamined. 

Such a history can be found in our recent novel about Islam.   

These events and opinions are voiced because we're interested in telling a story about the Caribbean, Latin America and even the United States.

We think we've done that in six historical-political novels. They can be viewed on our WebSite: natcarnes.com. We're currently working on a seventh.

A Memo collection can also be found on our Website: natcarnes.com. Once there, click News Center Publications and then Caribbean Memo.

Remember, we are interested in your comments, pro and con. In other words, that's how we learn.

And please let us know if you want your name taken off the Caribbean Memo list.

The Editors

 

 

 

 

THE US AND CUBA MAY START TALKS

June Caribbean Memo 2013

Date: 01-June-2013

From: News Center Publications

Dear Friends:

Recently, the two countries talked about resuming direct mail service. And almost immediately it was announced migration talks were set to start July 17.

That’s all according to an Associated Press news report.

So the question must be asked: Is all that possible?

And the answer is maybe, maybe not, and everything likely has to do with Venezuela, the South American country Cuba depends on for major economic support.

If the recent election of President Nicolás Maduro, the Socialist, holds up, the answer may be NO. The April 14^th vote was held following the March 5^th death of President Hugo Chávez, a close friend of Cuba’s Fidel Castro.

On the other hand, if Henrique Capriles’ challenge to Maduro’s election should hold up, the answer may be YES. A democrat, he favors closer ties with the United States.   

These events and opinions are voiced because we're interested in telling a story about the Caribbean, Latin America and even the United States.

We think we've done that in six historical-political novels. They can be viewed on our WebSite: natcarnes.com. We're currently working on a seventh.

A Memo collection can also be found on our Website: natcarnes.com. Once there, click Caribbean Memo.

Remember, we are interested in your comments, pro and con. In other words, that's how we learn.

And please let us know if you want your name taken off the Caribbean Memo list.

The Editors

 

 

British Soldier Beheaded

Date: 01-May-2013

From: News Center Publications

Dear Friends:

It’s a shocking story.

Two men with butcher knives, a machete and a meat cleaver attacked and killed a British soldier—identified as 25-yearold Lee Rigby, of the 2nd Battalion of The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, who served in Afghanistan in 2009.

The incident occurred near his military barracks in the south London neighborhood of Woolwich.

One of the two men, shot and wounded by police, was identified as Michael Adebolajo, a Christian who converted to Islam around 2003.

Adebolajo gave this reason for his action. "We swear by almighty Allah. We will never stop fighting for you. We must fight them as they fight us."

He added: “I killed him because he killed Muslims and I am fed up with people killing Muslims in Afghanistan. They have nothing to do there.”

Apparently he had forgotten or did not know history.

From the beginning, Muslims have waged war against non-Muslims.

After the conquest of North Africa and the conversion of the Berbers to Islam, the Arabs decided to dominate Europe. Their first attempt was a success with the invasion of Spain  [710-711],  but their goal ended in failure with the end of the Battle of Tours near Paris.

French general Charles Martel set a trap for the over-confident Arabs. Their dream officially ended on Oct. 10, 732.

It was a defeat Islamic extremists would never forget. And it was the main reason for the Sept. 11, 2001 attack in New York City. In short, they want to make up for that long-ago loss and more on to rule the world.

We say these things because we're interested in telling a story largely centered on the Caribbean and Latin America.

And we think we've done that in six historical-political novels. They can be viewed on our WebSite:natcarnes.com.

One of our six novels, ‘Al-Maghred, the Barbary Lion’ is A  Look at Islam.

A Caribbean Memo collection can also be viewed on the Website by clicking ‘Memo’.

Remember, we are interested in your comments, pro and con. In other words, that's how we learn.

And please let us know if you want your name taken off the Caribbean Memo list.

The Editors

VENEZUELA'S CLOSE ELECTION

April Caribbean Memo 2013

Date: 01-April-2013

From: News Center Publications

Dear Friends,

 

It may be that opposition leader Henrique Capriles won the April 14^th presidential election in Venezuela and not Nicolas Maduro.

 

We’ll never know after calls for a recount and an investigation into possible election fraud complaints were  turned down by government election officials.

 

Even with those doubts about election results following the death of Socialist President Hugo Chavez last month, government officials did announce the results of a surprisingly close election race.

 

Of the 14.9 million votes cast, Maduro was declared winner by 267,000 votes or a percentage win of less than two percent.

 

After government officials refused to investigate fraud  charges, they announced instead all votes would be audited, nothing more.

 

So with that officially settled by the government, Maduro was sworn into office.    

We talk about these matters because of our interest in the Caribbean, Latin American and its extension to other parts of the world.

As a result, we have six novels backing up the point and they can be found quickly. To find them, click News Center Publications after reaching the Web address ‘www.natcarnes.com.’ Once there click: Amazon.com.     

This Caribbean Memo and a Memo collection can also be found on the same site by clicking Caribbean Memo.

Remember, we are interested in your comments, pro and con. In other words, that's how we learn.

And please let us know if you want your name taken off the Caribbean Memo list.

The Editors

 

 

VENEZUELA TO ELECT A NEW PRESIDENT

March Caribbean Memo 2013

Date: 01-March-2013

From: News Center Publications

Dear Friends,

President Hugo Chavez is dead after 14 years in office and his successor will be elected April 14^th.

Here is the basic decision to be made by voters in this northern South American country with a population of 28 million.

Elect Chavez’s vice president and currently appointed acting President Nicolas Maduro to continue current leftist and socialist programs.

Or elect Henrique Capriles, who would move to end leftist control of the nation. Chavez wanted Venezuela to be a Fidel Castro-type Cuba.  

A major problem, Capriles says, is crime. He claims daily murders, armed robberies and kidnappings have made the country one of the most dangerous in the world.

Maduro has pledged to continue providing free health care clinics and subsidized food stores for the poor.

Chavez paid for those programs with oil money earned by a state-owned oil and natural gas company, PDVSA or Petróleos de Venezuela, meaning Petroleum of Venezuela. As South America’s largest oil producer, it is the world's fifth largest oil exporter.

After Chavez took over PDVSA following a 2002-2003 oil strike, thousands of oil engineers emigrated to Canada, Colombia, Saudi Arabia and the United States.

We talk about these matters because of our interest in the Caribbean, Latin American and its extension to other parts of the world.

As a result, we have six novels backing up the point and they can be found quickly. To find them, click News Center Publications after reaching the Web address ‘www.natcarnes.com.’ Once there click: Amazon.com.     

This Caribbean Memo and a Memo collection can also be found on the same site by clicking Caribbean Memo.

Remember, we are interested in your comments, pro and con. In other words, that's how we learn.

And please let us know if you want your name taken off the Caribbean Memo list.

The Editors

 

 

POSSIBLE STATEHOOD FOR PUERTO RICO

February Caribbean Memo 2013
Date: 01-February-2013
From: News Center Publications

Dear Friends,

A Southern Baptist religious leader had something interesting and perhaps very important to say about Puerto Rico in late January.

Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, said he favored U.S. statehood for the island during a Washington, DC, news conference.

Land called “statehood for Puerto Rico a moral and human rights issue.”

Former island Gov. Luis Fortuno, with Land when he made the statement, called the issue a "moral imperative."

Their comments came after 61 percent of islanders voting last November on a non-binding resolution said they favored U.S. statehood.

Another 33 percent said they wanted to become a free associated state of the United States. Five percent said Puerto Rico should be politically independent like Cuba and the Philippines.

For a final political decision to be made, the U.S. Congress would have to pass legislation calling on the island of 3.7 million residents to vote for or against statehood. 

Puerto Rico, along with Cuba and the Philippines, became part of the United States at the end of the Spanish-American War in 1898. Islanders have been U.S. citizens since 1917.

Currently, the island is a U.S. Commonwealth.

We talk about these matters because of our interest in the Caribbean, Latin American and its extension to other parts of the world.

As a result, we have six novels backing up the point and they can be found quickly. To find them, click News Center Publications after reaching the Web address ‘www.natcarnes.com.’ Once there click: Amazon.com.     

This Caribbean Memo and a Memo collection can also be found on the same site by clicking Caribbean Memo.

Remember, we are interested in your comments, pro and con. In other words, that's how we learn.

And please let us know if you want your name taken off the Caribbean Memo list.

The Editors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CARIBBEAN MEMO 2013

The Left Doesn’t Work

Date: 01-January-2013
From: News Center Publications

Dear Friends,

As we start a new year, it’s important to be clear on an important political point.

It’s short and it’s sweet.

Simply put: governments fail when they choose to push programs and policy based on a POLITICAL LEFT philosophy. In other words, they fail. There are many examples.

Starting with the old Soviet Union and moving on to the Russian carbon copy in Cuba and then on to Europe, members of the EU or European Union, and finishing up with Latin America. Venezuela tops the list.

Even England’s prime minister has announced he favors a resolution cutting off that country’s relationship with the EU.

Here might be a simple reason: the political left has left Spain’s unemployment rate at 26 percent and France’s at 10.

Unfortunately, the United States may soon be included on the list. And like those other countries, President Barrack Obama’s leftist policies will and have so far failed.

If you don’t believe he is a leftist, please take a little time to study his family background and those friends who have influenced him the most. Books describing his leftist story are easy enough to find. We invite you to look them up and give them careful consideration if you have not yet done so.

We talk about these matters because of our interest in the Caribbean, Latin American and its extension to other parts of the world.

As a result, we have six novels backing up the point and they can be found quickly. To find them, click News Center Publications after reaching the Web address ‘www.natcarnes.com.’ Once there click: Amazon.com.

This Caribbean Memo and a Memo collection can also be found on the same site by clicking Caribbean Memo.

Remember, we are interested in your comments, pro and con. In other words, that's how we learn.

And please let us know if you want your name taken off the Caribbean Memo list.

The Editors