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Miami
saves Otto Reich
HAUNTED
by his past as a liar and unable to present himself
before the Senate without risking humiliation, Otto
Reich is now suffering from a reshuffle in the
labyrinth of the U.S. administration, which is
persisting in keeping him active and fulfilling his
obligations to the Miami mafia in spite of all the
setbacks. The King of Deception’s position has
gone to another eminent emissary of the South
Florida gang, Roger Noriega, an activist/official
whose anti-Cuban fanaticism is matched only by his
mediocrity.
In
spite of the disastrous situation in Latin America,
the U.S. administration has opted to continue to
satisfy the mafia capos and maintain anti-Cuban
zealots in the State Department at a moment when the
Senate and House of Representatives are at the point
of dealing fatal blows to the obsolete legislation
of the blockade against Cuba. Commentaries
circulating in Washington suggest that Powell tried
to eliminate Reich by giving him a minor position,
but balked in the light of protests transmitted on
the “hot lines” of the Miami mafia radio
stations.
Once
the State Department’s Number One in Latin
American affairs, Reich has been assigned by the
president to a made-to-measure position as “Special
Envoy for Western Hemispheric Initiatives,” with
an office in the neighboring Executive Building next
to the White House.
And
what might that position be?
Well,
according to White House Spokesperson Ari Fleischer,
Reich is to coordinate relations between the United
States and Mexico (wasn’t that Jorge Castañeda’s
job?), the Andes Anti-Drug Initiative, “aspects of
Cuba policy,” and “Homeland security issues in
the Caribbean.”
He now
finds himself under the authority of National
Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice.
Reich
was under-secretary of state until November 22, but
declined to solicit the Senate’s blessing due to
his embarrassing role in the Iran-Contra Scandal
and¼ his scandalous collaboration with coup
plotters in Venezuela in April last year.
Roger
F. Noriega, 43, is leaving his post as ambassador to
the Organization of American States, where his fame
as a mediocre diplomat precedes him¼ despite his
many years of close collaboration with Senator Jesse
Helms, now retired. J.G.A.
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