Economic Hit Man in today´s society

Economic Hit Man

the economic hit mans are people who persuade Country leaders to let USA go into their country and exploit them, so USA could make profit out of them and also receive economical, military and political help. One economical hit man practice is Venezuela in Chavez regime because economic Chavez privatised Venezuela´s oil, so USA companies could not make profit out of it. As John Perkins confesses "The next day, I talked with an old friend who for many years had been involved with the jackals........... He told me that a private contractor had approached him to foment strikes in Caracas and to bribe military officers — many of whom had been trained at the School of the Americas — to turn against their elected president" (Perkins 197). Perkins is explaining how USA was able to conduct a revolution in Venezuela so the own people could get Chavez out of the presidency. This shows how the economic hit mans were able to persuade not only the government but also the people to do what the want them to do, also how the USA will do anything to take out a president who will not follow their orders and desires. Venezuela is not the only country who have been involved with economic hit mans and USA imperialism, also many other countries in Latin America.

Panama is another case of EHM, USA wanted the canal on their power but president Omar Torrijos will not give away the canal or the country. As Perkins explains "Torrijos was in for a difficult and

perhaps even tragic time" (Perkins 62). Torrijos was standing on USA`s way to obtain the power of the canal, which USA didn`t like it, so he was running the risk of being killed by the CIA jackals. Torrijos just wanted the best for his country and to help it, but because the USA didn`t what Torrijos to protect the country, just the canal profit, they were going to kill him, and they did it. In conclusion USA is working on expanding their empire by taking advantage of developing countries. 

Citations:

Perkins, John. Confessions of an Economic Hit Man. New York: Plume, 2006. Print.