Re: [Leica] Re: Salgado to speak in Seattle Feb 16

[S Dimitrov <sld@earthlink.net>]

I heard somewhere, that the yearly interest alone going to the IMF from
latin America, is greater than the sum of the combined and total
pilferage from the Colonial period.
Any truth to that ?
 Slobodan Dimitrov


Mike Gil wrote:
> 
> Patty,
> 
> I've planted a lot of trees.  More to the point at
> least here.  My ancestors where slauthered by invading
> Spanish gold seekers in Peru.  Our history and much of
> latin americas has come under the hammer of the sticky
> finger politician.
> 
> People in argentina are crying because they say the
> world bank in some way encouraged the president to
> funnel money to the cayman islands, funnel money to
> his family business, and other financial instruments.
> 
> People in latin american are poor because their
> politicians make them not the US or the rest of the
> world.  The ex-president of peru fleed to japan with
> untold billions of money from the world bank and the
> US.  And every president, congressmen, mayor has done
> the same over the years.
> 
> If it cost a $100 million dollar to build a road in
> south america. $1 million goes to cheapened material
> $500 thousand to workers $1 million to the
> construction company. The rest goes to the many layer
> of politician wanting a piece of the action.
> 
> So in the end I blame the people themselves for
> putting up with this behavior.  They need to rise and
> take over the current corrupt political system.
> 
> mike gil
> --- Patricia Ternahan <ternahan@gentlelens.net> wrote:
> > More to the point: what does Mike give? How many
> > trees has he planted?
> >
> > For more accurate info on Salgado and how he views
> > his work, see
> > http://www.terra.com.br/sebastiaosalgado/
> >
> > trish
> >
> >
> > > From: "Steve Unsworth" <mail@steveunsworth.co.uk>
> > > Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > > Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 00:43:41 -0000
> > > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> > > Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Salgado to speak in
> > Seattle Feb 16
> > >
> > > Do you know how much Salgado donates to causes?
> > No, I didn't think so.
> > >
> > > This is just about the worst troll I've ever seen
> > on the LUG.
> > >
> > > Steve
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On
> > Behalf Of Mike Gil
> > > Sent: 12 February 2002 23:28
> > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Salgado to speak in
> > Seattle Feb 16
> > >
> > >
> > > It's always interesting how socialist or
> > non-classical
> > > liberals always wants everybodies money except
> > there
> > > own to go to a cause.  Why does Salgado not give
> > his
> > > $1500 M camera and $1800 35mm ASPH 1.4 to his
> > starving
> > > and needy subjects.  He can easly buy a Pentax MX
> > for
> > > $200 plus a 35mm for less than a $100 and shoot
> > with
> > > that.
> > >
> > > I think its hard to feel compassion when your
> > hiding
> > > behind $3500 worth of equipment plus whats in your
> > > bag.
> > > mike
> > >
> > >
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