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...Englishman who hated violence. His pictures and the accompanying biographical recollections by friends and colleagues reveal him as a man of courage, kindness and a very clear eye. But Burrows' images, which run back over the news events of the past 20 years in places like India, the Belgian Congo and Viet Nam, bear the saddest sort of witness to the way men use each other and their world...
Kennecott's action has shaken other developing nations, which grudgingly depend on big foreign firms to develop their resources. Later this month mining ministers of Peru, Zambia and Zaire (formerly the Belgian Congo) will meet in Santiago to discuss with Chilean officials how best to counter Kennecott's thrust. The court battle could hardly have come at a worse time for Chile, which gets about 70% of its foreign currency from copper sales. The country is already boiling with political and social unrest, and teetering on the edge of bankruptcy. Obviously, Kennecott's offensive is likely...
...wastes, had come from chemical plants all over Europe, partly be cause Belgium has extremely tolerant pollution laws, partly because the village of Hannêche (pop. 300) has a rather tolerant government. Specifically, Mayor Edouard Elias and his town council had struck an agreement with a newly created Belgian disposal company named Vebeka. Elias got a seat on the company board and Vebeka got a license to dump wastes in the cavernous old factory; the town would get 55? per ton of the lethal garbage. Vebeka Chief Adrianus Van den Bogert, a Dutch citizen, told the villagers: "There...
...renew Vebeka's license, so Vebeka went out looking for new dumping grounds. "I had to do something," says Van den Bogert. "Several big transports were on their way: twelve tons from West Germany, 18 tons from Switzerland, 20 tons from Sweden." So he joined with another Belgian firm and made new arrangements. In Hasselt, for example, he left 50 tons of lethal chemicals in a shed just 100 yards from the Albert Canal, which supplies Antwerp with its drinking water...
...MOST CRIPPLING factor for the rebel groups is their disunity which has persisted to this day. The UPA still concentrates its efforts in the North, and is recognized by Zaire (formerly the Belgian Congo). The MPLA has shifted its principal efforts to the vast, underpopulated areas of the East of Angola. It is supported by neighboring Zambia...