At
UN,
As Venezuela
Celebrates
Bolivar by the
River, Talk of
Syria &
Censors
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
July 6 --
Venezuela at
the UN
celebrated its
independence
on
July 6 by the
East River,
with music and
food and a
speech by
Ambassador
Jorge Valero
against the
Empire. There
was a US
representative
there, leaving
just as Inner
City Press
entered.
Inside
the
representative
of CITGO
chatted,
alongside the
Permanent
Representatives
of, among many
others,
Cameroon,
Colombia,
Somalia,
Iran, Sudan,
the European
Union, Kenya,
Brazil -- too
many to count.
The permanent
observer of
Palestine was
there.
Ironically
talk
turned to the
dominance of
Latin America
over Africa,
with Argentine
Susana
Malcorra as
the chief of
staff, wanting
to manage the
Controller and
even the
Department of
Field Support
which she used
to
run.
"Africa
is
losing
everything," a
prominent
African
Permanent
Representative
told Inner
City Press.
"We've been
bypassed by
Latins."
Ban
Ki-moon's
new deputy Jan
Eliasson came
in, fresh from
his closing
talk at
ECOSOC, and
chatted with a
"gringo"
adviser to
Nicaragua's
Daniel Ortega,
as one
observer put
it.
The incoming
president of
the GA, Vuk
Jeremic, is
said to be
asking for $7
million
to run his
office, as
Inner City
Press reported.
On Friday
evening, a
Latin expert
said d'Escoto
as PGA held
fundraisers.
To this has
the
UN been
reduced.
The
Syria
report, hours
old, was
discussed,
largely in
terms of if
Mood
might possibly
stay (many
said no,
consistent
with Inner
City Press' June 29
scoop) and
who might
replace him as
the
face of the UN
in Syria.
Talk
repeatedly
turned to
attacks upon
the Press,
some asking,
"are
these people
journalists?"
That is a
question that
remains to be
seen. The
confluence of
the New
York
Civilities
Liberties
Union and
the Grupo
ALBA, American
containing
multitudes,
was noted,
along with a two and a
half hour
detour caused
by pretext.
And then
this article.
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