Solo di Pueblo
11/23/2005
STA. CRUZ – When we said that sooner or later things would backfire on certain Arubans who are greatly cooperating with Beth and Jug, we knew that God was dressed in pajamas but He wasn’t asleep. An article that was published in an Alabama newspaper didn’t speak too well about Aruba. The newspaper in question received a note from the B&W Travel Guide which didn’t see the necessity of traveling to Aruba. Not because there was a boycott called, but for the simple fact that Aruba has nothing to offer.
The B&W Travel Guide called Aruba all sorts of things e.g. banana republic, a corrupt island, a pollution filled environment, a second image of Haiti and so on. What is most highlighted in this article is a summary of a CIA report that doesn’t paint Aruba in a good light where TNI researchers speak about it between the years of 1997 and 2000.
The B&W Travel Guide also spoke of an Aruban who has appeared on American TV screens, and “guess who” they spoke of…ladies and gentlemen, no other than Jossy “bla bla bla” Mansur…behold the proof…
Publishers Notebook
By Chuck Geiss
November 17, 2005
Boycott Aruba? As much as our community aches for the parents, relatives, and friends of Natalee Holloway, the decision to have Governor Bob Riley call for a national boycott of the Caribbean island places the state of Alabama in an unnecessary and rather embarrassing spotlight.
First, the decision appears to be politically rooted; Riley will soon be running for reelection in 2006. Secondly, there are approximately 1,000 missing persons in our state, almost 40 percent of them adolescents, and crime rates in our own cities and towns make Riley’s grandstanding hypocritical.
Third, his hopes to attract enough attention for a national boycott will not happen.
The State Department immediately rebuffed his proposal for an official statement, and it is uncertain if any number of his fellow governors will follow suit. Plus, most boycotts simply don’t work.
Today, the Mansur family is considered to be the largest player on the island.
Many people I spoke to during my visit agree that few things happen on the island without their approval. Jossy Mansur, the editor of the island’s daily newspaper, Diario, has been a familiar face on cable news channels for the last six months despite the fact that his newspaper prints sensational stories about the Holloway case based on sketchy “inside” information that is less than credible. In fact, much of the information printed in his newspaper regarding
Holloway’s disappearance has simply not been factual.
Many believe, as I do, that Mansur is taking advantage of the Holloway case by utilizing the international media to drive his own personal political agenda against local officials. Up to now, Greta Van Susteren, Geraldo Rivera, and others have foolishly played into his game.
Many of us are remember still that between the years 1997 and 2000, National Security under the direction of Martin Ras, sent a scream to Holland when he took notice of the corrupt and disastrous issues for Aruba at the highest levels of government. More still when Aruba was put on the list of High Risk Regions by U.S. president Bill Clinton.
Names were mentioned and Mansur was among these. Now that Jossy believes that Americans have forgotten, they see the issue against Aruba in its totality and not only against Jossy Mansur.
The B&W Travel Guide expanded a lot on the CIA report which was published by the TNI researchers for Tom Blinkman. A name that Jossy never risks to contradict for his communications.
Today behold Jossy’s same shameful face because the newspaper of Birmingham Alabama, Naked Birmingham, where Beth and Jug Twitty live, did not hesitate to show the fantastic history of Aruba where Jossy’s name appears.
Even Naked Birmigham is of the opinion that Jossy is doing this via international media to spit his vengeance on local authorities and justice officials. If ‘bla bla bla’ Jossy wants to call this then start thinking what they think of him every time that he appears on TV programs. What stands out most is that this article was published on websites where the same Jossy Mansur let his Diario articles be translated. One of them is scaredmonkeys.com.
Check it out. By the way, Jossy, your editorial seemed like whining!!
Congratulations on your achievement, Jossy!
[translated by Getagrip]
