The hidden faces of power
| THE VISIBLE FACE | THE INVISIBLE FACE | PLACE OF REUNION |
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José Montilla AguileraCatalan politician, he is the current President of the Generalitat de Catalunya. Previously he was the Major of Cornellà de Llobregat, President of the Diputació de Barcelona, and the Spanish Government Minister of Industry, Tourism and Trade. |
Isidre Fainé CasasSince June 2007 he is the President of “La Caixa”. He is also the President of Abertis, a Catalan transnational company that is awarded the concession of most of the state's highways. Vice president of Telefónica and member of the Círculo Ecuestre's board of direction. La Caixa controls Repsol, Gas Natural, and Aigües de Barcelona. |
Círculo EcuestreIts own web site states it clearly: every developed country has a tradition that is a marker of the Western Civilization; private clubs. They are exclusive associations constituted by the most relevant and influent figures in society. Since its opening in 1856, such a spirit is represented by the Círculo Ecuestre. |
José Rodriguez ZapateroHe is the PSOE’s Secretary General since 2000, and the current President of the Spanish Government after having wined general elections in 2004 and in 2008. He advocates negotiations in international relations while he keeps Spanish soldiers in the war of Afghanistan. |
Carlos March DelgadoHe is the grandson of the main financer of Franco’s military insurrection, Juan March Ordinas. According to Forbes, he and his brother Juan constitute the 3rd richest family in the Spanish state. He is President of the Banca March and Corporación financiera Alba, a tool to exert control on the iron and steel sector company Acerinox, the building firm ACS, and the energy firms Unión Fenosa and Iberdrola. |
Finca de Sa VallLocated between the villages of Ses Salines and Santanyí, it is the most representative property of the Marchs’ family. Palaces, lakes and private port stretch across 3000 hectares, an area representing 1% of Mallorca isle. Among the guests that have stayed at Sa Vall, some of the world wealthiest figures. |
Angela MerkelGerman politician who acts as such since the Fall of the Wall. She is the leader of the CDU (Christian Democrat Union) party since 2000. In November 2005 won the elections and became the first woman being nominated Chancellor. She is one of the promoters of the European integration process. |
Jean Claude TrichetSince 2003 he is the President of CEB (Central European Bank). Previously he was President of the European Monetary Committee and director of the Bank of France. He is a member of the Institute for International Economics, the exclusive club “Le Siecle”, and the 30 group, a group constituted by most of the central banks chiefs (http://www.group30.org) |
Automobile Club de FranceIt is located in the historical building heading the Place de la Concorde in Paris. It is one of the most elitists clubs across Europe. Only male membership is allowed; women have limited access to some facilities, though in any case always accompanied by men. The exclusive club “Le Siecle”, to which Trichet belongs, meets there once a month. |
Elisabeth II Reina d'Anglaterra, de Gran Bretanya i de la Commontwealth.Though she has never competed a single electoral contest, since 1953 she is the Head of State not only of Great Britain but also of other states of the Commonwealth such Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Her family has an important role in the international politics and economics. |
Nathaniel Charles Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron RothschildHe is the most salient member in London of a large family of bankers, with representatives in England, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Belgium, Switzerland, and the USA. They are devoted to private banking and the management of huge patrimonies and assets from the Rothschild Bank. They use to operate from tax havens such as the Channel Islands and Luxembourg, among several others. They are linked to gold, uranium and other minerals businesses. Their tentacles arrive to Shell and News Corporation, a giant of the mass media. |
Illes del canalThey are a group of isles in the English Channel (La Manche) belonging to the English crown, though they do not constitute a part neither of the United Kingdom nor the European Union. Administratively they are divided into two bailiwicks: Guernsey and Jersey, with 150.000 inhabitants. The islands are one of the main tax havens in Europe and a Rothschild business center. |
George Walker BushHe is a member of Republican Party and the 43th USA President since 2000. He was the former Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000. He has used the sad excuse of the war against terrorism to advance the wars against Afghanistan and Iraq. A growing relevance movement in the USA is opposing the official authorship version of 11-S as they hold the Bush Administration responsible of it. |
David RockefellerHe is the still alive Rockefeller Family’s patriarch, the wealthiest family ever. Through the JP Morgan Chase he controls the world’s financial system. People he trust in and the different think tanks (pressure groups) he has founded make him yet, at his 95 years old, the most influential man. In the USA he uses to fund the campaigns of both the governing and the opposition parties, hence always keeping a winner record. |
One Chase Manhattan PlazaIt is a sixty-storey financial skyscraper built in 1961 by the Rockefeller clan, currently used as JP Morgan Chase headquarters. It is located in the financial district of Manhattan, where the Citygroup Center, the Central Bank of New York, and Wall Street, the stock market, can also be found. In a reduced portion of land the most intense flow of money anywhere around the world takes place. |
Barack ObamaHe is the Democrat candidate to the USA Presidency. He has got a great deal of popularity introducing himself as the regenerator of politics and taking advantage of the fact that he might be the first afro-american President. He proposes to stop the war on Iraq and to become more independent of oil. |
James A. JohnsonHe is a member of the management board of the investments bank Goldman Sachs. As it was done by the candidate John Kerry in 2004, Obama asked Johnson to appoint the Democrat vice president candidate. Johnson is a member of the Bilderberg, the Trilateral Commission, and the Council of Foreign Relations, three of the main think tanks in the international arena. |
Kykuit a Pocantico HillsThis is the emblematic property of the Rockefeller family, 1400 hectares in the Wetschester Country, New York. The place has hosted especial guests as presidents and candidates of the USA government, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and hundreds of managers and board directors from the thinks tanks founded and funded by the current patriarch David Rockefeller and his ancestors. |
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