Daily Dispatches

5:25p ET Friday, May 18, 2007

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Hugo Salinas Price, president of the Mexican Civic Association for Silver, elaborates on his proposal to put silver back to work as a regular currency in the world's foremost silver-producing nation. His essay is titled "The Silver Bridge" and you can find it at Jim Puplava's Financial Sense Internet site here:

Maybe This Will Help Treasury Move Faster

By John Crudele
New York Post
Thursday, May 17, 2007

http://www.nypost.com/seven/05172007/business/maybe_this_will_help_treas...

We'd love to help the U.S. Treasury comply with our request for information about the Working Group on Financial Markets.

China Pledges $20 Billion for Africa

By William Wallis
Financial Times, London
Thursday, May 17, 2007

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/a94d5e86-04a1-11dc-80ed-000b5df10621.html

SHANGHAI -- China intends to provide about $20 billion in infrastructure and trade financing to Africa during the next three years, eclipsing many of the continent's traditional big donors by a single pledge.

By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Wednesday, May 16, 2007

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/05/16/cnspai...

Spain's foreign reserves have plummeted to wafer-thin levels, leaving the country exposed to a possible banking crisis if the property market swings from boom to bust -- despite membership in the eurozone.