The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

  Coca-Cola, 12

  Colombia, 65–66, 129–136, 188, 325, 340

  colonialism: in Colombia, 130

  foreign aid as, 311–312

  in Indonesia, 32, 36, 40, 53

  in Panama, 111–112. See also corporatocracy; empire; imperialism

  Common Dreams, 268

  communism, 10–12, 26, 32–33, 36, 56–57, 62, 66–68, 77, 179, 218–219

  in Latin America, 130, 133–134, 152, 236, 340

  Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, 301, 303

  corporations. See oil industry; subsidies

  corporatocracy, 62–63, 81, 85, 90, 99, 147, 163, 195, 208

  defined, 1–2, 12–13, 38, 152, 215. See also colonialism; empire imperialism

  Correa, Rafael, 229–232, 236–237, 240, 254, 256–258, 283

  Council on Economic Policy, 86

  Covington & Burling, 236, 338

  Cuba, 10, 67, 79–80, 184, 217

  currency price conspiracies, 261, 328. See also Libor

  D’Aubuisson, Roberto, 185

  DAI Washington, 335

  Dalai Lama, 290, 294–295, 341

  Daschle, Tom, 265–266

  Dauber, Jake, 58, 140

  Davis, Lanny, 235

  de Gaulle, Charles, 123

  de Lesseps, Ferdinand, 65

  debt: Argentina, 274

  Cameroon, 337

  China, 28

  Colombia, 131

  Congo, 320, 329–330

  Ecuador, 229, 231, 258–259, 283, 286

  EHM and, xiv, 1–2, 14–15, 148, 178, 215, 218, 241, 249–253, 256, 264, 286, 293

  EU and, 337

  Greece, 274, 338

  Honduras, 233

  Iran, 117

  Liberia, 317

  Palestine, 319

  Panama, 69, 81, 113

  Peru, 273

  petrodollars and, 92–93, 96, 150, 177, 207, 229

  poverty and, 37, 274

  Puerto Rico, 338

  Saudi, 93–93, 117

  Ukraine, 274

  US interests and, xiii, 29, 238–240, 261

  Venezuela, 207

  vulture funds and, 320–321, 325–326, 329–330, 337

  World Bank and, 11, 13, 91, 274, 285, 310, 313–319

  passim; Zambia, 310. See also Libor

  Democratic Party, 267

  Democratic Republic of the Congo, 310, 315, 320–321, 329–330

  Deny Americans the Right to Know (DARK) Act, 271

  Des Moines Investments, 329

  Deutsche Bank, 322, 331

  Development Finance Institutions, 326–327

  Diego Garcia, 222–225 passim

  Diem, Ngo Dinh, 12

  displacement, 312, 324, 328–330, 333

  DLA Piper, 266

  “Doc,” 122–128 passim

  Dodd, Chris, 265–267

  Dole Food Company, 150, 233

  Dole, Bob, 267

  Dominican Republic, 68

  Donegal International, 312

  Donziger, Steven, 233

  Dow Chemical, 270

  Downing, Theodore, 328

  Dream Change, 196–197, 227, 289, 303

  Easterly, William, 311

  economic forecasting, 13, 22,–27, 40–45

  passim, 51, 58, 61, 157, 261

  bias of, 145, 314

  Colombia and, 131

  Iran and, 118

  Markov model, 109

  nuclear plants and, 162, 170

  Saudi Arabia and, 91–94, 102–103

  economic hit men: defined, xi, 97

  as jackals, 2–3

  modernization of, 215–216, 265–275

  system, xiii–xiv, 2–3, 9, 13–14, 21, 31, 137–138, 190

  economy, life and death, 2, 215, 252, 289–291, 298–300, 303, 306–307

  Ecuador, 7–10, 21–23, 199, 226–232, 339

  China and, 283–284, 286–287

  oil in, 8, 150–154, 164–165, 229–232, 254–258, 284–286

  poverty and, 255, 258

  Egypt, 89, 333

  EHM. See economic hit men Eisner, Peter, 188

  Eldorado Gold, 331

  Electronic Frontier Foundation, 280

  Elliott Associates, 273

  empire, xi–xii, 19, 21, 30–31, 63, 86, 195. See also colonialism, corporatocracy; imperialism

  engineering and construction industry, xiii, 12–13, 20, 25–27, 29–30, 37, 41

  in Ecuador, 150

  in Iraq, 193–194

  in Panama, 183

  in Saudi Arabia, 93–96. See also infrastructure

  England, 30, 102, 124, 251. See also United Kingdom

  Enron, 173, 175

  Environmental Working Group (EWG), 271

  ESI Energy, 171

  Ethiopia, 312, 330

  European Central Bank, 331, 337

  European Commission, 331, 337

  European Network on Debt and Development (Eurodad), 313, 326, 327, 331

  European Union, 250, 318, 337

  Exxon, 152

  ExxonMobil, 271, 336

  Exxon Valdez, 230

  Faisal, bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 89

  “Farhad,” 17–20, 126, 339, 340

  Fasquelle, Rodolfo Pastor, 315

  Federal Reserve Bank, 87, 326, 328

  FG Hemisphere, 320–321

  “Fidel,” 70–75

  FIFA soccer scandal, 262, 332

  Firestone, 329

  Flowering Desert project, 119–120, 125

  Flynn, Michael, 277

  Ford Motor, 38, 61, 85, 270

  Ford, Gerald, 80, 85, 87, 111

  France: Libya and, 251

  Panama and, 65–66

  surveillance of, 281

  Vietnam and, 244, 246

  Francis, Pope, 290

  free trade agreements, 85, 217–218, 231, 328

  Freedom of Information laws, 31, 279

  Friedman, Milton, 177–178

  Fujimori, Alberto K., 210

  Fundación Pachamama, 228, 230, 256–258, 283

  G4S, 281

  Gadhafi, Muammar, 67, 251–252

  Gap, 266

  Garrison, Jim, 179

  Geithner, Timothy, 87

  General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, 85

  General Atomics, 330

  General Electric, 270

  General Motors, 270

  Generation Waking Up, 302

  Germany, 233, 281, 336–337

  Gertler, Dan, 315

  Gingrich, Newt, 267

  Glickman, Dan, 267

  Global Justice Now, 310–311, 317, 319, 322–324, 327, 330–333

  globalization, 179, 313

  Goldman Sachs, 86, 270, 326

  Good Jobs First, 270

  Goodman, Amy, 236, 338

  Grace Church Capital, 337

  Gramm, Phil, 267

  Grant, Winifred, 170–171

  Greece, 331, 337, 338

  Greene, Graham, xii, 111–116

  Greve, Einar, 21–26, 41–42, 44, 58, 143, 145

  Grocery Manufacturers Association, 271

  Guatemala, 78–79

  Guevara, Che, 10, 81

  Gulf War, xi, 341. See also Iraq

  Habitat International Coalition, 324

  Haiti, 318, 333

  Hall, Mac, 140, 154–156, 173

  Halliburton, 24, 27, 86, 95

  Hamsah Investment, 317

  Harken Energy, 106, 174

  Harris, David, 186

  Hay, John, 66

  Helms, Richard, 86, 163

  Henry, James S., 314, 326

  Hiatt, Steven, 313

  Hickel, Jason, 338

  H oa Lò Prison (Hanoi Hilton), 242–248

  Holden, David, 91

  Holder, Eric, 236, 338

  Honduras, 233–236, 315

  Hostler, Charles, 174

  Huaorani, 151–152

  Human Rights Campaign, 325

  Human Rights Watch, 312

  Hurtado, Osvald
o, 165

  Hussein, Saddam, 192–193, 211

  Illingworth, Charlie, 36–38, 40–44, 51, 58, 62, 112

  IMF. See International Monetary Fund

  imperialism, 42, 137, 148, 206, 339. See also colonialism; corporatocracy; empire

  Inclusive Development International, 324

  Independent Power Systems (IPS), 171–172, 177, 179–180, 192, 195, 341

  India, 330

  indigenous peoples, 7, 20–21, 62, 136, 196–197, 227, 256, 320, 341

  Indonesia, 24–25, 28–40

  passim, 44, 49–50, 53–57, 60, 68, 339

  fossil fuels and, 26, 324–325

  poverty and, 11–12, 36–38

  Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, 323

  inequality, 263, 323, 338. See also poverty

  infrastructure, 12–13, 22, 25, 93–95, 110, 131, 178, 194. See also engineering and construction

  Instituto de Recursos Hidráulicos y de Electrificación, 77, 141

  Inter-American Development Bank, 69, 80, 171

  International Accountability Project, 324, 333

  International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 141. See also World Bank

  International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, 312, 330, 334

  International Finance Corporation (IFC), 334

  International Monetary Fund (IMF), 13, 23, 28, 85, 179, 231, 233, 310–313, 331, 337

  austerity and, 207, 314, 316, 322

  International Network on Displacement and Resettlement, 328

  International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 314

  Interoceanic Canal Commission, 111

  Iran, 30–31, 33, 83, 86, 117–121, 141, 210, 332

  US hostages in, 128, 162, 195, 340

  Iraq, 96–97, 192–195, 205–211

  passim, 217, 223, 336, 316, 341

  Iscor, 323

  ISIS, 277

  Israel, 89–90, 95, 126

  Italy, 337

  ITT (International Telephone and Telegraph), 234

  “Jack,” 221–225

  jackals, xi, xiii, 12, 252

  in Honduras, 232, 234, 315

  in Iraq, 209, 336

  modernization of, 215, 276–282, 336

  in Panama, 166, 186

  in Seychelles, 222–225, 255

  in Venezuela, 211

  in Vietnam, 242, 248

  “Jafar,” 276

  Japan, 32, 80, 168

  Java. See Indonesia

  JECOR, 91, 95–96, 104

  Jefferson, Thomas, 62

  Jhpiego Corp., 335

  “Joel,” 233–234

  John Snow, Inc., 335

  Johns, Richard, 91

  Johnson, Lyndon Baines, 31, 38, 85–86

  JPMorgan Chase, 204, 238–239, 260, 270, 324, 328, 338

  Jubilee USA Network, 313, 337

  “Judy,” 242–245

  Kennedy, John F., 38, 61, 85, 130, 281

  Kenya, 224, 312, 330

  Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruhollah, 128

  Kichwa, 256

  Kimbrell, Andrew, 271

  Kissinger, Henry, 99, 234

  Koch brothers, 254, 322

  Kosovo, 328–329

  Koupermann, Daniel, 228, 230, 283

  Kuwait, 25–26, 103, 141, 194

  Latvia, 316

  le Carré, John, xii

  Lee, Chung Young, 221, 223

  Lennon Ono Grant for Peace, 289

  LeRoy, Greg, 310

  Lewinsky, Monica, 281

  Liberia, 317–318, 329

  Libor (London Interbank Offered Rate), 241, 260–261, 322, 331

  Libya, 251–252

  Lippman, Thomas W., 98, 104

  LNM, 323

  loans. See debt

  lobbyists, 266–269, 320, 329, 335

  Lockheed Martin, 268, 330

  London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor), 241, 260–261, 322, 331

  Long, Scott, 325

  Lott, Trent, 267

  Lumumba, Patrice, 12

  Lynch, Loretta, 260

  Mafia (of banks), 260, 328

  MAIN (Chas. T. Main, Inc.), 21–25, 28–29, 41–42, 51, 58–60, 69, 79, 140–143

  in Colombia, 128–133 passim

  in Ecuador, 141

  in Indonesia, 41–42, 51, 58–60, 339

  in Iran, 118, 128

  in Panama, 69, 79, 82, 111, 112–113, 128

  in Saudi Arabia, 91–98, 101, 103

  Malaysia, 33

  Management Services for Health, 335

  Mandela, Nelson, 323

  Manifest Destiny, 67–68, 74, 81, 163

  Marathon Oil, 271, 336

  Markov model, 109

  “Martin, Claudine,” 26–34, 37, 41, 44, 59–60, 103, 113, 132, 137, 147

  Martínez, José de Jesús, 167

  Massmart, 323

  Maya, 197

  McNamara, Robert, 38, 61, 85–87, 163, 176, 339

  mercenaries, 223–224, 281–282, 336

  Merkel, Angela, 281

  MIBA (Societe Miniere de Bakwanga), 310

  Middle East Institute, 98

  Mitchell, George, 266

  Mobil Oil, 152

  Mongolia, 333

  Monroe Doctrine, 68

  Monroe, James, 68

  Monsanto, 271

  Montesinos, Vladimiro L., 210

  Morgan Stanley, 322

  Mormino, Paul, 60

  Mossadegh, Mohammad, 30, 77, 83, 85, 99, 123, 126–127, 166, 209, 211, 217

  Motion Picture Association of America, 267

  Move to Amend, 301–303

  Muskie, Ed, 171

  Muslim-Christian conflict, 54–57, 99, 118

  NAFTA, 217

  Nakhleh, Khalil, 319

  National Bureau of Economic Research, 320

  NBC, 332

  Netherlands, 32, 49, 102, 327, 331

  New England Electric System, 41

  New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission, 170–171

  Nicaragua, 210, 332

  Nigeria, 318–319, 330

  Nixon, Richard, 31, 33, 54–55, 57, 80, 83, 86–87, 90

  Njehu, Njoki Njoroge, 309

  Noble, Chuck, 222

  Noriega, Manuel, 168, 183–188, 210, 341

  Noriega, Roger, 236

  North Korea, 117, 219

  Northrop Grumman, 268

  nuclear industry, 162, 170–171

  Obama, Barack, 87, 236, 277

  Occupy movement, 253, 320

  oil industry, 12, 14, 20, 27–28, 30, 33, 37, 68, 321

  Colombia and, 131, 136

  Ecuador and, 7-8, 150–154, 164–165, 230–232, 237–238, 240, 254–256, 286, 339

  embargo of 1973, 83–84, 88–90, 96, 207

  Iran and, 124

  Iraq and, 193, 208

  Latin America and, 167–169, 197–199, 206–221, 228, 256

  Saudi Arabia and, 88–99

  US dependence on, 163, 176–177

  Venezuela and, 206–212

  Omega Institute, 198, 227

  Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), 250, 318

  Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), 83–85, 87, 92–93, 97, 117–118

  Oxfam, 334

  Özülker, Uluç, 250–254

  Pachamama Alliance, 197, 228, 230, 242, 255–256, 283, 287, 297, 301, 303

  Paez, Belén, 257

  Pahlavi, Mohammad Reza. See Shah of Iran

  Paine, Thomas, 3, 19, 70, 81, 134, 296

  Pakistan, 333

  Palast, Greg, 321

  Palestine, 223, 319

  Palestine Liberation Organization, 223

  Panama: Canal treaties, 65–73, 110–112, 115, 128, 162, 166–167, 183–189

  passim, 341

  Japan and, 80, 168, 183, 185–186

  National Guard, 6, 113

  sovereignty of, 65, 68–69, 80–81, 112, 152, 166, 339

  US invasion of, xi, 183–189, 194–195, 210, 341

  Paragua
y, 185

  Parker, Howard, 40–45, 58, 60, 145

  Patriot Act, 254

  Patton, George, 37

  “Paula,” 131–141

  passim, 147, 149, 161–162, 170, 181

  Peace Corps. See US Peace Corps

  Perkins, John, 339–342, 363–366

  Peru, 199, 210, 273, 330, 334

  Perusahaan Umum Listrik

  Negara, 40, 141

  PetroCaribe Files (WikiLeaks), 318

  Petróleos de Venezuela, 206, 211

  Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), 335

  Philippines, 333

  Pinochet, Augusto, 67, 185, 210

  Pope Francis, 290

  Portugal, 337

  Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers, 311

  poverty: corporations and, 66, 138, 325–327, 333

  global, 252, 284–285

  in Indonesia, 11–12, 36–38

  in Latin America, 234, 255, 258

  World Bank, and, 11, 207, 262–264, 311, 314, 324, 338

  Prasad, Nadipuram, 109

  Priddy, Paul, 155–156, 158, 161–162, 173

  “Prince W.,” 99–102

  Pritzker, Penny, 87

  Private Security Monitor, 336

  privatization, 13, 178, 193, 195, 252, 313, 322, 327, 330, 333, 336

  Project on Government Oversight, 335

  ProPublica, 317, 322, 326, 329, 333

  Prudential Insurance, 171

  Public Service Company of New Hampshire, 162

  Public Utility Regulatory Policy Act (PURPA), 176–177

  Puerto Rico, 338

  Quechua, 197, 229

  Rabobank, 241, 322

  “Rasmon (Rasy),” 49–51, 53–55

  Ratcliff, Bennett, 236

  Reagan, Ronald, 86, 128, 162–163, 166–168, 183, 192, 210

  Recces (South African Special Forces Brigade), 223

  Red Cross, 187, 273, 333

  Red Mountain Finance, 321

  Reich, Otto J., 211, 236

  René, France-Albert, 222–225

  Republican Party, 80, 174, 267, 325

  resettlement, 312, 324, 328–330, 333

  revolving door, 335. See also lobbyists

  Rice, Condoleezza, 86

  ricos, 10–11

  Rights and Accountability in Development (RAID), 309–310

  Riley Stoker Corp., 171

  Roberts, Llyn, 196, 227–228

  Rockefeller, David, 204

  Rockefeller, John D., 66, 152

  Rockefeller, Nelson, 204

  Roldós, Jaime, xi, 150–154, 162–166, 206, 229, 256, 340

  Romania, 312

  Roosevelt, Kermit, 30–31, 77, 87, 104, 209–210

  Roosevelt, Theodore, 30, 65, 68, 129

  Rousseff, Dilma, 281

  Roy, Arundhati, 322

  Royal Bank of Scotland, 241, 260, 322, 328

  Rubin, Robert, 86

  Rudman, Warren, 267

  Sachs, Jeffrey, 329

  Sadat, Anwar, 89

  Saez, Emmanuel, 322

  Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015, 271

  “Sally,” 101–102

  Sandinista movement, 332

  Sápara, 256

  Sarkozy, Nicolas, 251

  Saudi Arabia, 87–99