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John Perkins | Lessons From The Confessions Of An Economic Hitman

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The Threat of Jackals, the Threat of Assassination and Violence

John Avlon: Why was the threat of jackals necessary? Because that just generates all the conspiracy. We're asking these people ultimately to sell their countries resources at very cheap prices, he says. And so two of my clients didn't accept the loans. Jaime Roldos, president of Ecuador and Omar Turihos, head of state of Panama. They said, we're not going to buy into this," Avlon says.

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