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Over the years, Mobutu also devoted considerable energy to enriching his own coffers, dipping into the national treasury as if it were a kind of personal cash machine. No one knows how much he is worth; his visible assets include mansions in Switzerland and Spain, several homes in Belgium, a town house in Paris, a villa near Monte Carlo and a horse ranch in Portugal. But while the President and other members of his kleptocracy profited handsomely, Mobutu's leadership laid waste the economy. In 1994 Zaire's per capita GNP was $125 (70% lower than...
...comic "Tintin," starring the plucky boy reporter and his faithful dog, Snowy. The influence of Herge's style has persisted through half a century and has influenced artists throughout the Western European cultural sphere. For demonstration, the exhibit offers thoughtfully selected examples by artists from Holland, Italy, Belgium, France, Switzerland and Spain...
...real issue is broader than blocked Jewish assets and laundered money. It is the conflict between neutrality and moral integrity. My family was German, anti-Nazi and somewhat linked to the assassination attempt on Hitler. In July 1944 they had no other choice than to flee to Switzerland and seek refuge with relatives. Big surprise: the Swiss authorities accepted the four children in the family but turned back the five adults, who were caught, delivered to the Gestapo and imprisoned. When the U.S. Army closed in on Germany, my father succeeded in escaping, but other family members, along with other...
...Foreign views normally broaden the narrow Swiss mind, if their authors are of some historical competence. Sad, but this modest condition already excludes people like Senator Alfonse D'Amato, whose revelations were not news to us; the average Swiss college student studied this situation years ago. MARTIN ENDER Staretschwil, Switzerland...
...wouldn't be surprised if a good part of the looted World War II wealth were to surface in countries other than Switzerland. Maybe some of the money is held in banks in New York City, in the home state of Senator D'Amato. CHRIS SCHNELLMANN Steinhausen, Switzerland...