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Non-Tech : The ENRON Scandal
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To: Skywatcher who wrote (3914)4/21/2002 1:15:51 AM
From: Mephisto   of 5185
 
Gustavo Cisneros, who has been ranked by Forbes Magazine as the fifty-fifth richest man in the world, is a
friend of President Bush, and anti-Chavez forces linked to Cisneros were in Washington four days prior to the
coup effort. When President Chavez reinstated and gave a reconciliatory speech, private Venezuela media
reporters claimed they couldn't leave their homes, and provided no news coverage of those events. Canal 26
carried private telephone calls from Venezuela that stated that Chavez was a threat to U.S. interests, as well as
unfounded rumors that he had again been thrown out. "

I hadn't heard about Gustavo Cisneros b4 .

Did you see the show NOW hosted by Bill Moyers Friday night? One topic dealt with cigarette smuggling.
And yes, a large US company is involved. They ship the cigarettes to Aruba. For payment they collect
drug money from Columbia. The cigarettes are shipped into Columbia illegally so that people will not
have to pay duty on them. There was suppose to have been a trial this past fall but it stalled and hardly
anyone noticed because of 9/11 and the war in Afghanistan. Tom Delay, Republican from Texas who
has received large contributions from the industry stood by the industry. I am not sure if there will
be a trial in the States but Britain looks into the matter because a British Company is involved.

See: pbs.org
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