A LATIN AMERICAN IN BRUSSELS

Date:01-July-2012
From: News Center Publications
Subject: July Caribbean Memo-2012

Dear Friends,

A long-time ago, a Latin American leader, Victor Raul de la Torre of Lima, Peru, said Brussels--the capital of Belgium--was a favorite gathering place for him and others like him to discuss politics.

Here is at least one reason to suggest why his point should be considered.

It was found on the edge of town near TRAM number 94's last stop, a part of the city's huge transportation system.

Within sight and a short walking distance from the stop is a huge pink marble statue of Jose de San Martin, a soldier and stateman who helped lead revolutions against Spain's rule in Argentina in 1812, Chile in 1818 and Peru in 1821.

The secret, if there is one, may be found in writing on the statue itself:

He lived in Brussels seven years because of "hospitality given him in Brussels between 1824 and ending in 1931."

Argentina, his home-country, officially recognized their gratitude with the statue in June of 1998, one hundred years after Spain's rule ended in the hemisphere in 1898.

We write about this subject because of our interest in Latin America and the Caribbean. Five historical-political novels have been written about Chile, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Panama and Puerto Rico.

And a sixth one about Islam, called 'AL-MAGHRED, The Barbary Lion,' is finished and will be available shortly.

All five novels can be found quickly. 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.

With each purchase, let us know and we'll send free of charge an e-book version. They can be read on any hand-held device with e-mail capability.

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 A LONG WAY FROM THE CARIBBEAN

Date: 01-June-2012
From: News Center Publications
Subject: June Caribbean Memo-2012

Dear Friends,

Yes, it’s true.

The Caribbean is a terribly long-way from what happened on June 6, 1944. On that date, three million America, British and Canadian soldiers landed on the north coast of France to start the end of German-controlled Europe during World War II.

We decided to write about it anyway despite the geographical difference for a simple reason. If what was launched on “D-Day” had failed, this area of the world today would be dramatically different.

In other words, this is one small way of celebrating that historic moment in the name of all of us living in the Caribbean.

The Allied invasion of Normandy on France’s north coast was the first major step taken to end World War II less than two years later on Sept. 2, 1945. On that date, Hitler’s Nazi Germany, Italy and Japan officially surrendered.

We write about this subject because of our interest in Latin America and the Caribbean. Five novels have been written about Chile, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Panama and Puerto Rico.

And a sixth one about Islam, called ‘AL-MAGHRED, The Barbary Lion,’ is finished and will be available shortly.

All five novels can be found quickly. 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.

With each purchase, let us know and we'll send free of charge an e-book version. They can be read on any hand-held device with e-mail capability.

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 WAY IT SHOULD BE

Date: 01-May-2012
From: News Center Publications
Subject: May Caribbean Memo-2012

Dear Friends:

Here is a good example of how Puerto Ricans can and should be used in the service of the United States. In our opinion, this could be expanded and here’s why: they understand the importance for knowing a second language and culture.

First an example of what we’re talking about.

Puerto Rican–born Jose A. Rodriguez, Jr., led all U.S. counterterrorism operations and oversaw the use of procedures—including water boarding--that obtained vital intelligence to safeguard the nation from future attacks like the Sept. 11, 2001 New York City attack.

“The actions we took in the aftermath of 9/11 were harsh but necessary and effective,” he is quoted as saying in a number of publications and interviews.

Rodriguez worked 31 years for the Central Intelligence Agency [CIA] starting in 1976. Before retiring, he was Chief of Staff of the Counter Terrorism Center (CTC).

There the CTC on his order arrested three key terrorists: Abu Zubaydah, Khalid Sheikh Muhammed and Abu Faraj al-Libbi. They provided information needed to find Osama bin Ladin, the man who ordered the 9/11 attack.

Navy Seals killed bin Ladin on May 2, 2011, a year ago in Pakistan.

We write about this kind of thing for a reason, our interest in the Caribbean and Latin America.

And we think we've done that with our five novels. And a sixth one, entitled Al-Maghreb, The Barbary Lion, will be available shortly.

Current novels can be viewed on our WebSite.

First, go to http://www.natcarnes.com and then click News Center Publications to see not only the novels but also the Memos by clicking on ‘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

CUBA WANTS U.S. EMBARGO LIFTED

Date: 01-April-12
From: News Center Publications
Subject: April Caribbean Memo-2012

Dear Friends:

Cuban dictator Raul Castro has complained publicly the U.S. economic embargo is blocking the Caribbean island’s development.

Castro voiced his position openly to Roman Catholic Pope Benedict XVI during his a three-day visit to Havana, Cuba’s capital city.

According to a Cuban exile living in San Juan, Puerto Rico, here is what Castro was really saying.“We want the United States to provide the kind of economic support to Cuba like the old Soviet Union once did.”

Starting in October 1960 after Cuba nationalized property owned by U.S. citizens and corporations, the embargo was launched and then strengthened on Feb. 7, 1962

It will end when Cuba declares an end to Communist rule and its dictatorship over 11 million island residents.
Fidel Castro, Cuba’s first Communist dictator and the brother of the current one, imposed Communist rule on this Caribbean island on Jan. 1, 1959.

We write about Cuba because of our interest in Latin America and the Caribbean. Five novels about Chile, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Panama and Puerto Rico about the zone have been written and can be found on the Website: natcarnes.com.

And a sixth one, called ‘AL-MAGHRED, The Barbary Lion,’ has been finished and will be available shortly. This is a historical novel about Islam.

With each purchase, we'd be more than happy to send YOU free of charge an e-book version. They can be read on any hand-held device with e-mail capability. 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

HAITI'S PROPOSED ARMY

Date: 01-March-2012
From: News Center Publications
Subject: March Caribbean Memo-2012

Dear Friends:

Haiti is being threatened by former soldiers wanting to reestablish the kind of power and control over this Caribbean nation when former Presidents Francois [Papa Doc] Duvalier and his son, Jean Claude Duvalier, served as presidents for life or dictators.

That’s what is being reported in the country’s French-language newspaper, Le Matin.

Newly elected President Michel Martelly has called for the building of an Army to deal with the challenge. Haiti currently has a Haitian National Police but no army.

The conflict comes at a critical moment. This nation is still recovering from a Jan. 12, 2010 quake that left as many as 300,000 dead.

We write about this kind of thing for a reason, our interest in the Caribbean and Latin America.

And we think we've done that with our five novels. They can be viewed on our WebSite. After starting at Yahoo.com, go to:http://www.natcarnes.com and click News Center Publications. And a sixth one, entitled Al-Maghreb, The Barbary Lion, will be available shortly.

A Caribbean Memo collection can also be found on OUR BLOG:http://www.natcarnes.blogspot.com. Scroll down to `View My Complete Profile' and CLICK.

With each purchase, let us know and we'll send free of charge an e-book version.

They can be read on any hand-held device with e-mail capability.

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

NOT SURPRISING

Date: 01-Feb-12
From: News Center Publications
Subject: February Caribbean Memo-2012

Dear Friends:

It’s not surprising.

Once Henrique Capriles won a landslide win to be Venezuela’s Democratic Unity coalition's primary to run against President Hugo Chavez in October, government reaction was quick and expected.

One could conclude Chavez and his followers faced a serious challenge to the president’s chances for re-election.

In any kind of open society what Chavez and his followers said would be called unacceptable and over the top at the very least.

Here is why.

Chavez said: “I will pulverize him.”

Congressional leader and former Chavez military comrade Diosdado Cabello added: "We know he [Capriles] is the candidate of imperialism, of capitalism and the right wing."

They claim the 39-year-old state governor is both "bourgeois" and "fascist," a direct reference to Germany’s Adolf Hitler.

Capriles is the grandson of Jews who survived the World War Two Holocaust in Poland.

And a senior Chavez aide released a cartoon showing Capriles in pink shorts with a Nazi Swastika on his arm.

We write about this kind of thing for a reason, our interest in the Caribbean and Latin America.

And we think we've done that with our five novels. They can be viewed on our WebSite. After starting at Yahoo.com, go to:http://www.natcarnes.com and click News Center Publications.

A Caribbean Memo collection can also be found on OUR BLOG:http://www.natcarnes.blogspot.com. Click Latam_Novel, scroll down to `View My Complete Profile' and CLICK again.

With each purchase, let us know and we'll send free of charge an e-book version. They can be read on any hand-held device with e-mail capability.

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

AN UNFORTUNATE MIX

January CARIBBEAN MEMO 2012

Date: 01-Jan-12
From: News Center Publications
Subject: January Caribbean Memo-2012

Dear Friends:

Leaders of six Latin American countries have met with Iran’s leader, Mahmud Ahmadineyad, in the Caribbean and Central America.

After attending the inaugural ceremony of President Daniel Ortega, sworn in for the second time in Nicaragua, he traveled to Cuba, where he met with Fidel Castro.

Ahmadineyad talked with the other five at the Ortega ceremony.

They were the current and Guatemala’s President-elect, Alvaro Colom and Otto Perez Molina; President Maurico Funes of El Salvador; and President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela.

Politically, the meeting was a volatile mix of Latin America’s political left and the Middle East’s Islamic extremists.

It was Ahmadineyad’s area of the world that planned and carried out the Sept. 11, 2001 attack in New York City against the United States.

We write about this kind of thing for a reason, our interest in the Caribbean and Latin America.

And we think we've done that with our five novels. They can be viewed on our WebSite. After starting at Yahoo.com, go to:http://www.natcarnes.com and click News Center Publications.

A Caribbean Memo collection can also be found on OUR BLOG:http://www.natcarnes.blogspot.com. Scroll down to `View My Complete Profile' and CLICK. We've also added a new section: The Religious Corner.

With each purchase, let us know and we'll send free of charge an e-book version.

They can be read on any hand-held device with e-mail capability.

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