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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