Economist Frederic Emam-Zade continues to use satire as he looks at governmental economic policies. In today’s El Caribe, he uses the Christmas Carol as his story line. All the important people are in the National Palace, when suddenly there is a big gust of wind and all the lights go out. A voice speaks out, loud and clear: “Look at what this country was like before you came on the scene.” And the images of a country with a few sad faces, but many more happy faces showed on a wall. Fields full of crops and stores full of people, trucks full of merchandise……a “prosperous world.” Then, the lights go out and new images appear, in contrast to the former ones, showing many sad, bitter and desperate faces. With no one trusting anyone else, each person sets out to make money at all costs, even by killing. The people are humiliated, deceived and swindled, in a country left divided with poverty assuming control. The voice says: “This is the country you have created; this is your work and your legacy.” Suddenly, the lights return and the audience sees that several hours have passed and it is nearly dawn. The sky is red, the sea is blue and a white fog joins the two into one piece. On the horizon a star appears, announcing peace, hope, the end to the disaster and the beginning of good things.