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Octafish

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39. Is the Clinton Foundation the Dulles Brother’s Sullivan and Cromwell?
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 04:02 PM
Apr 2016


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Is the Clinton Foundation the Dulles Brother’s Sullivan and Cromwell?

by JOHN STANTON
CounterPunch, APRIL 15, 2016

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As Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton instigated and legitimized the overthrow of the Honduran government in 2009 not all that unlike the 1954 Guatemala Coup engineered primarily by CIA Director Allen Dulles, supported by Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, and with the glowing approval of President Dwight Eisenhower.

In a March 2016 interview with Amy Goodman on Democracy Now, Greg Grandin, a professor of Latin American history at New York University, discussed the fallout from the 2009 Honduran Coup. “I mean, hundreds of peasant activists and indigenous activists have been killed. Scores of gay rights activists have been killed. I mean, it’s just—it’s just a nightmare in Honduras. I mean, there’s ways in which the coup regime basically threw up Honduras to transnational pillage. And Berta Cáceres [a prominent Honduran activist assassinated in 2016], in that interview, says what was installed after the coup was something like a permanent counterinsurgency on behalf of transnational capital. And that was—that wouldn’t have been possible if it were not for Hillary Clinton’s normalization of that election, or legitimacy.”

In an April interview with Dana Frank, professor of history at the University of California, Santa Cruz, on Democracy Now, Frank indicated that President Obama had basically turned over Central and South America to Hillary Clinton. Frank then said this: “I think it’s really about the U.S. pushback against the democratically elected governments of the left and the center-left that came to power in Latin America in the ’90s and in the 2000s—Venezuela, Bolivia, Argentina, Ecuador, Chile, El Salvador, all these countries. And Zelaya was the weakest link in that chain. He, himself, did not come out of a big social movement base at the time of his election, certainly since the coup. And I think they were—the U.S. was looking for a way to push back against that. There’s a very important military base, U.S. military base, Soto Cano Air Force Base, in Honduras. And Honduras has always been the most captive nation of the United States in Latin America. So, I think they were testing what they could get away with. And they got away with it. It was the first domino pushing back against democracy in Latin America and reasserting U.S. power, in service to a transnational corporate agenda.”

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http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/04/15/is-the-clinton-foundation-the-dulles-brothers-sullivan-and-cromwell/



It is the foreign policy of Empire -- war abroad and repression at home to empower and profit the connected few -- today applied on the homefront via wall-to-wall cradle-to-grave spying and who knows what all.

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knr snagglepuss Apr 2016 #1
Bill Clinton also works at UBS Octafish Apr 2016 #21
IT IS... ALL ABOUT THE GD MONEY! Carvilee is A POS Corporatist as Well CorporatistNation Apr 2016 #48
It's a big club, and you ain't in it LondonReign2 Apr 2016 #53
K&R for needed exposure /nt Dragonfli Apr 2016 #2
George W Bush also works at UBS Octafish Apr 2016 #22
LOL should have had a warning for the first pic! Faux pas Apr 2016 #3
Really Scary: UBS received $287 Billion bailout...and Phil Gramm still talks slow. Octafish Apr 2016 #24
They're all just one big happy family aren't they? We were so scammed! But not anymore thankfully. sabrina 1 Apr 2016 #37
K & R disillusioned73 Apr 2016 #4
Clearly not Hillary supporters who claim they are Democrats. Joob Apr 2016 #11
This land is their land. We pay them rent. Octafish Apr 2016 #25
Great article.. disillusioned73 Apr 2016 #31
K & R AzDar Apr 2016 #5
Guess whose Foundation is tied to UBS? Octafish Apr 2016 #34
Aw, how sweet! sabrina 1 Apr 2016 #38
Is the Clinton Foundation the Dulles Brother’s Sullivan and Cromwell? Octafish Apr 2016 #39
Just as long as you don't equate... malokvale77 Apr 2016 #6
Never. Octafish Apr 2016 #7
Panama Papers: The secrets of dirty money (Suddeutsche Zeitung) bobthedrummer Apr 2016 #8
''Integrity is for paupers.'' Octafish Apr 2016 #35
K&R&bookmark JEB Apr 2016 #9
The Clintons and Wall Street: 24 Years of Enriching Each Other Octafish Apr 2016 #36
Lots of folks in on the Clinton Con. RiverLover Apr 2016 #10
I once actually hoped Democrats would not succumb to the ecstasy of gold. Octafish Apr 2016 #40
Buy-Partisan. Perfect Hillary description. cherokeeprogressive Apr 2016 #12
UBS is all kinds of Buy Partisan Octafish Apr 2016 #43
It is one big club. nt artislife Apr 2016 #13
'aye 840high Apr 2016 #28
Mere mention of its existence brings out anguished (and now paid) cries of ''CONSPIRACY THEORY!'' Octafish Apr 2016 #42
And we ain't in it. nt cherokeeprogressive Apr 2016 #46
K&R Great research! Hope this gets wide publicity! amborin Apr 2016 #14
Hillary, the Banksters Committed 'Fraud,' Not 'Shenanigans' Octafish Apr 2016 #45
K&R Hiraeth Apr 2016 #15
Phil Gramm works at UBS Octafish Apr 2016 #47
Senator Gramm is a Good Guy now....Haven't you gotten the memo? Armstead Apr 2016 #16
It is amazing, believing what history shows otherwise. Octafish Apr 2016 #49
They are all Cronies Octafish, you know this...Bernie- has a minor in cronyism LOL snooper2 Apr 2016 #17
Until Vietnam, I didn't believe people could sacrifice their integrity. Octafish Apr 2016 #50
Except wrt to the Panama Papers, a lot of us were painfully aware of this back in the day... 2banon Apr 2016 #18
Thank you, 2banon! That's why the Infodump: to Clog the Memory Hole. Octafish May 2016 #55
K & R! It's all a cozy little country club, isn't it? southerncrone Apr 2016 #19
I like the way your thinking...I want them to feel the Bern...fuckers. Evil! nt haikugal Apr 2016 #29
Kick n/t bobthedrummer Apr 2016 #20
The corruption is high there jfern Apr 2016 #23
Thank you for the information. It's amazing the way these people operate.. think Apr 2016 #26
k&r silvershadow Apr 2016 #27
One good ole boys (and girls) club... tex-wyo-dem Apr 2016 #30
I fucking love you. Hell Hath No Fury Apr 2016 #32
^ bobthedrummer Apr 2016 #33
K&R azmom Apr 2016 #41
Also...its Amazing where Clinton Campaign People have ended up in their Afterlife.. KoKo Apr 2016 #44
It's like a reward for all their hard work in government service. Octafish Apr 2016 #52
K&R nt raouldukelives Apr 2016 #51
Buy-Partisan me b zola Apr 2016 #54
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