The exhibition will include 40 works by Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera.

The Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation Pera Museum will exhibit selected works of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, two of Mexico’s greatest artistic exports over the 20th century, for a show starting Dec. 23.

The event is the first time the paintings of Kahlo and Rivera will be displayed in Turkey.

The 40 pieces from the collection of Jacques and Natasha Gelman, which are officially recognized as part of Mexico’s cultural heritage, are rarely exhibited outside the country. The exhibition, curated by Professor Helga Prignitz-Poda, will run until March 20, 2011.

Married to Rivera, Kahlo’s work is remembered for its “pain and passion,” and its intense, vibrant colors. Her work has been celebrated in Mexico as emblematic of national and indigenous tradition and by feminists for its uncompromising depiction of the female experience and form. Mexican culture and Amerindian cultural tradition figure prominently in her work, which has sometimes been characterized as naive art or folk art. Her work has also been described as “surrealist.”

Rivera’s large wall works in fresco helped establish the Mexican mural renaissance. Between 1922 and 1953, Rivera painted murals among others in Mexico City, Chapingo, Cuernavaca, San Francisco, Detroit, and New York City. In 1931, a retrospective exhibition of his works was held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

Mr. Kadir Topbaş, the mayor of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and attended in Mexico City for United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) and Mr. Marcelo Ebrard, the mayor of Mexico City, signed the sister-city protocol between Istanbul and Mexico City.

Mr. Kadir Topbaş, the mayor of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and also attended in Mexico City for United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) for the 2010-2013 term at a meeting on Saturday in Mexico City, met with Mr. Marcelo Ebrard, the mayor of Mexico City at the Municipal Palace.

Mr. Marcelo Ebrard began his speech by expressing his satisfaction in hosting Mr. Kadir Topbaş, the mayor of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. Mayor Mr. Topbaş stated that the strengthening the relations among cities was being important and wished that the sister-city agreement would lead to concrete collaborations in the future.

After the meeting held at the Municipal Palace in Mexico City, both Mr. Topbaş and Mr. Ebrard passed along the hall to sign up the sister-city agreement. Mr. Hüseyin Tanrıverdi, the Deputy Chairman of AK Party in charge of Decision and Administration Committee, Mr. Alev Kılıç, the Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey in Mexico City have attended the sister city cooperation signing ceremony held at the Municipal Palace. After making a brief speech here, Mr. Topbaş noted that the inter-city relations of world cities have strengthened the ties of friendship and understanding between the people and cities and made a positive contribution to the solution of international problems.

After the speeches were delivered, the sister-city protocol between Istanbul and Mexico City was signed by both mayors in front of the invitees. About forty mayors who came from Turkey for the United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) Congress also attended at the signing ceremony in Mexico City.

via İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi.

Swine Flu as Biological Warfare Weapon?

Do you think that the H1N1 strain of swine flu is likely to be a CREATED weapon of mass infection? Consider the logistics involved in order for this virus to have combined itself the way it has. From an article on NAtural News….

(NaturalNews) Perhaps due to the genetic makeup of the fast-spreading H1N1 strain of influenza — which includes genetic elements from bird flu, swine flu and human flu spanning three continents — there is considerable speculation that the origins of this virus are man-made……..

Is there any hard evidence of laboratory origins?

As of this moment, I have not personally seen any conclusive evidence of laboratory origins for this H1N1 swine flu. I am open to the possibility that new evidence may emerge in this direction, however, and I am suspicious of the genetic makeup of the virus as one possible indicator of its origins.

I am not a medical specialist in the area of infectious disease, but I have studied microbiology, genetics and a considerable amount of material on pandemics. What seems suspicious to me is the hybrid origin of the viral fragments found in H1N1 influenza. According to reports in the mainstream media (which has no reason to lie about this particular detail), this strain of influenza contains viral code fragments from:

• Human influenza
• Bird Flu from North America
• Swine flu from Europe
• Swine flu from Asia

This is rather astonishing to realize, because for this to have been a natural combination of viral fragments, it means an infected bird from North America would have had to infect pigs in Europe, then be re-infected by those some pigs with an unlikely cross-species mutation that allowed the bird to carry it again, then that bird would have had to fly to Asia and infected pigs there, and those Asian pigs then mutated the virus once again (while preserving the European swine and bird flu elements) to become human transmittable, and then a human would have had to catch that virus from the Asian pigs — in Mexico! — and spread it to others. (This isn’t the only explanation of how it could have happened, but it is one scenario that gives you an idea of the complexity of such a thing happening).

A news report on the alternative media website “InfoWars” says the following…

During the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) Summit in Montebello, Canada in 2005, the “three amigos” (Bush, Harper and Calderon) released “North American Plan for Avian and Pandemic Influenza,” described as a “collaborative North American approach that recognizes that controlling the spread of avian influenza or a novel strain of human influenza, with minimal economic disruption, is in the best interest of all three countries.” The plan outlines how “Canada, Mexico and the United States intend to work together to prepare for and manage avian and pandemic influenza.”….

On Monday, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stoked the fear of a global flu pandemic. He said the Mexican flu outbreak is the “first test” of the “pandemic preparedness work undertaken by the international community over the past three years.” Ban Ki-moon said if “we are indeed facing a pandemic, we need to demonstrate global solidarity. In our interconnected world, no nation can deal with threats of such dimension on its own.”

For Ki-moon and the global elite, “global solidarity” in “our interconnected world” translates into yet another push for world government. Ki-moon’s dire warning falls on the heels of the G20 summit where plans were announced for implementing the creation of a new global currency to replace the U.S. dollar’s role as the world reserve currency. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and others repeatedly called for “global governance” and a “New World Order.”

 

If this is your first introduction to the idea that our governements could be so devious, take a deep breath, and just consider that all is NEVER what it seems. Granted InfoWars reporting tends to be a little on the outside of extreme sometimes, but I do believe that there is a distinct probability that away from the option of one world government control (and all that) … that this is just a simple biological warfare weapons test. Well not all that simple, however, it is a fairly well known fact that governments the world over are testing out new strains of viruses and bacterium.

I am also going to encourage you to compare how this virus is behaving when held up to typical flu pandemics.

If you don’t think that governments would intentionally spray or test anything on humans then think again. You really need to watch this YouTube video on ChemTrails – It may not convince you but it should get you thinking. OK I know only wierdos talk about chem trails but this is a news story with real laboratory confirmed testing of what falls. It’s a very short clip worth watching.

What do you think? Have you considered the possibility that certain world governments are using Mexico (and the world) as their own personal petri dish for the swine flu?

http://www.swineflu-information.com/science/is-h1n1-a-genetically-engineered-swine-flu-virus

Quotes from Vanga’s prophecies about Third World War have grown popular in Russian blogs. “The war will begin in November 2010 and will end in October 2014. It will begin as a conventional war, then nuclear weapons will be used and then chemical weapons”, people repeat the words of the renowned fortune-teller.

An expert and political consultant Sergey Markelov who had been to secret laboratories in Latin America told Aif.ru in an exclusive interview which could be the reasons that made the virus appear and whether swine flu might be connected with biological weapons.

“There are two traditional versions for global infections to appear. The first one is a natural mutation of a virus, which takes place without the interference of man. The second one occurs when a virus appears as a result of the external factor, for instance, it may leak from secret laboratories.”

“ How did swine flu appear, in your opinion?”

“As a doctor and a political scientist, I believe there was a leak from laboratories where biological weapons were developed. This will never be known for sure, but such laboratories were probably working on swine flu. Now this version is concealed.”

“What do you know about the development of biological weapons?”

“These weapons are being permanently developed, but we know barely a thing about it. The previous stage was a scandal over bird flu in China .”

“In which country can swine flu labs be located?”

“They could most likely be located in Mexico, where the CIA might be conducting its secret experiments. Mexico belongs to the group of Latin American states where many secret laboratories always existed.

“I have been there on a mission as a doctor. In the depths of the forest, there were thousands of laboratories. Many of them have become hotels now – I lived in such a hotel. We looked laboratories around, but it was not clear, whether scientists studied infections there.”

“What do these buildings look like?”

“On the outside they are completely made of wood, on the inside they are very well equipped. They are built on four or five-meter high hills. The buildings are completely adjusted for the jungle: they are protected against mosquitoes and wild animals.”

“How many people can work in one such laboratory?”

“About 30 or 40. I believe that experiments are carried out there on the animals that can be found in the country. It is unlikely that the test animals are delivered from abroad.”

“Can the news about the virus be spread in order to distract attention from the global crisis?”

“Yes, sure, from the point of view of the information war. The current world news is basically about either swine flu or the economic crisis.”

Source:  newsfromrussia.com, 14.05.2009

Australian virus expert Adrian Gibbs in shock claim:

Was swine flu created by lab scientists looking for vaccines?

Virus created in lab by vaccine scentists, says expert

The deadly swine flu virus was created by scientists in a lab, according to a shock claim from one expert.

Adrian Gibbs (75) believes the disease – which has spread across the world in recent weeks – may have been made accidentally in laboratories where vaccines were being developed.

The Australian virologist was one of the first to analyse the genetic construction of the swine flu virus, and he was part of the team which developed anti-flu vaccines Tamiflu and Relenza.

Gibbs has no concrete evidence, but he believes that scientists accidentally created the H1N1 virus while trying to create flu vaccines: “It is the simplest explanation.”

He has not ruled out other possible explanations, but has handed over his research to state health organisations where it is being checked out by experts.

But Nancy Cox, head of the Influenca Division in South America and Africa, believes swine flu probably originated in areas where it was was first discovered: “There is no proof that the virus comes from a lab.”

Source:  www.bild.de, 15.05.2009

Rumsfeld’s growing stake in Tamiflu

Defense Secretary, ex-chairman of flu treatment rights holder, sees portfolio value growing.

By Nelson D. Schwartz, Fortune senior writer

NEW YORK (Fortune) – The prospect of a bird flu outbreak may be panicking people around the globe, but it’s proving to be very good news for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other politically connected investors in Gilead Sciences, the California biotech company that owns the rights to Tamiflu, the influenza remedy that’s now the most-sought after drug in the world.

Rumsfeld served as Gilead (Research)’s chairman from 1997 until he joined the Bush administration in 2001, and he still holds a Gilead stake valued at between $5 million and $25 million, according to federal financial disclosures filed by Rumsfeld.

The forms don’t reveal the exact number of shares Rumsfeld owns, but in the past six months fears of a pandemic and the ensuing scramble for Tamiflu have sent Gilead’s stock from $35 to $47. That’s made the Pentagon chief, already one of the wealthiest members of the Bush cabinet, at least $1 million richer.

Rumsfeld isn’t the only political heavyweight benefiting from demand for Tamiflu, which is manufactured and marketed by Swiss pharma giant Roche. (Gilead receives a royalty from Roche equaling about 10% of sales.) Former Secretary of State George Shultz, who is on Gilead’s board, has sold more than $7 million worth of Gilead since the beginning of 2005.

Another board member is the wife of former California Gov. Pete Wilson.

“I don’t know of any biotech company that’s so politically well-connected,” says analyst Andrew McDonald of Think Equity Partners in San Francisco.

What’s more, the federal government is emerging as one of the world’s biggest customers for Tamiflu. In July, the Pentagon ordered $58 million worth of the treatment for U.S. troops around the world, and Congress is considering a multi-billion dollar purchase. Roche expects 2005 sales for Tamiflu to be about $1 billion, compared with $258 million in 2004.

Rumsfeld recused himself from any decisions involving Gilead when he left Gilead and became Secretary of Defense in early 2001. And late last month, notes a senior Pentagon official, Rumsfeld went even further and had the Pentagon’s general counsel issue additional instructions outlining what he could and could not be involved in if there were an avian flu pandemic and the Pentagon had to respond.

As the flu issue heated up early this year, according to the Pentagon official, Rumsfeld considered unloading his entire Gilead stake and sought the advice of the Department of Justice, the SEC and the federal Office of Government Ethics.

Those agencies didn’t offer an opinion so Rumsfeld consulted a private securities lawyer, who advised him that it was safer to hold on to the stock and be quite public about his recusal rather than sell and run the risk of being accused of trading on insider information, something Rumsfeld doesn’t believe he possesses. So he’s keeping his shares for the time being.

Source:  money.cnn.com, October 31, 2005