On Sep 14, 2012, at 6:05 PM, Joseph Catron <jncatron at gmail.com> wrote:
> This is exaggerated, right? Please?
>
> "The Charter Cities initiative cedes city-sized sections of Honduras
> to corporations or foreign governments to govern autonomously,
> indefinitely. Investors can make their own laws, build their own
> police force, administer services and regulate their economy.
>
> "On September 4, Michael Strong, representing the MKG Group, signed a
> memorandum of understanding in the Honduran Congress to establish the
> world’s first Charter City, a contract is surrounded by confusion and
> secrecy. Strong provided no information about the MKG Group, which
> has no web site or any other readily available public information."
>
> http://afgj.org/the-world%E2%80%99s-first-charter-cities-in-honduras-from-neo-liberalism-to-neo-colonialism
Not at all. Milton Friedman's grandson Patri, who thinks that libertarianism is incompatible with democracy, is involved. Belen Fernandez has a good piece about it all here:
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/07/2012711121224166933.html