"Boston, 70s Chas T. Main Consulting Co" "a film by Stelios Kouloglou." "APOLOGY OF AN ECONOMIC HITMAN" "Good evening." "What would you people like to talk about with an economic criminal, I wonder?" "Ok." "Lets start then." "Forgive me for my poor Spanish, Forgive me for my entire life." "BOSTON, 3 YEARS LATER." "Perkins is hired by Chas T. Main Consultants Co." "CARACAS, a few decades later... 85% of the population is regarded "poor" - one of the highest rates in the world." "We locate those countries that have the resources our companies wish to drain." "In the 70s we discovered that Equador was rich in oil - petroleum." "I want to ask if someone like yourself, a criminal, a gangster, a real murderer recruited by CIA, DOES have a concience, such, as to be able to speak of remorse, of any kind," "and be believed by the people?" "EQUADOR" "1979." "Haime Rolndos becomes president in Equador." "Larry Birns." "Director of the Council on Hemispheric Affairs" "In Rolnda's presidency the workers' salary doubled." "Even today the workers do not have the buyers capacity they had back in the 80s." "When they asked my father whether he would like to be remembered as a Great President rather than a Great Man, he would always reply" ""I definitely much rather be remembered as a good man than a good president. "" ""One on our main natural resources is crude oil. "" "Oil is the primary national goldmine for Equador!" "In the last months of his presidency he found himself under such an enormous pressure." "He received threats, letters he always shreeded into pieces and threw away." "The both of them received threats about their lives." "My mother was really worried." "We will continue to fight all kinds of foreign intervention" "We will continue to defend the right of the people to express their free will." "We salute the democratic advancement that the other nations are achieving," "Because that is our vision :" "A Latin America that is united that is in control, that proudly stands!" "Let us prove the love for our country in actions, by doing our duty." "Our gratest of passions is, and should be, Equador!" "Our gratest of passions, listen to me people, ... is, and should be, Equador!" "Glory to Our Nation!" "!" "President Ralndos and his wife were killed in an airoplane crash." "The goverment that succeded rushed to wrap up the case." "Investigations lasted for a week." "One single week if you please!" "In a week they had a official report concluding it was a accident." "That was a joke." "A true sharade." "The deprived us, their kids, their families, the entire country too the opportunity to learn what really happened." "And this is the worst that can happen to someone." "to always wonder what possibly might have happened." "to always see there could be different explanations." "I always had doubts myself." "I still do, and I still do want to know the truth." "1904." "US constructs the Panama Canal and keeps all rights to it." "1964." "The citizents of Panama demand the rights of the canal be omitted to them." "20 people were killed and hundreads are woulded in those demonstrations." "1968" " General Omar Torijos rises in power." "1976." "Evening news on ITN" "Walden Bela Professor in Sociology, Phillipines" "1976" " Ronald Reagan dismisses all negotiation with Torijos." "January of 1977" " Jimmy Carter becomes President of the US." "1977" " Panama takes back ownership rights of the canal." "The political climate in Latin Amera changed after that." "Carter was a mild person who brought a spirit of democracy in politics." "Ronald Reagan didn't." "The New President's speach to the CIA personnel." "I believe he was worried." "My father's death really troubled him a lot." "According to his family, Torijos said" ""if one day they come for me, do not get in the way." "Stay out of it. "." ""Do not risk your own lives, please"." "3 months after Rolndos' death" "26 years later..." "From the death of Rolndos and on the country suffered civil uprising." "Some people founded their entire political careers on my father's death." "They swapt the dust of the corps hastly under the rug in the name of a so-called "good governance"" "And in the last few years we finally rulted into an "ungovernable country"" "The country has accumulated one of the biggest debts in the world today." "More than 50% of the national income" "More than 50% of the national balance was simply to pay interests on that debt." "All this time this was a Damoclean Spade hanging over our heads." "There has been a constant pressure from political organizations from IMF, from the World Bank to force extremely unpopular measures." "US dollar becomes the state currency." "The dollarization was a superduous mischief." "A gigantic robbing of the Nation." "First, I want to thank you for giving me the opportunity to be here tonight," "I have the greatest of respects for the progress of Equador in its way to reestablish democracy." "The hell with John the CIA agent!" "Hurray for John Perkins, the next President of Gringolandia!" "It's the Night of the Gringos!" "Comrades, please be quiet now." "After WW2 the economic hitmen have literally dominated the world." "Lyndon Johnson, US President" "Bruce Ritch, writer" "Antonia Juhasz, political analyst." "50 and aother 50 and another50." "And a 50 for him and one for him." "I thank the Nation!" " Bless your hands!" " You are rich now." "Paul Dundes Wolfowitz Deputy Secretary of Defense" "The natural resources of Equador must serve the benefit of the people of Equador." "not the interests of the international corporations." "It must serve the benefit of the people of Equador." "Are you willing to testify in an international court that the economic analysis you provided to our goverment was fake and help up prove our case that our national debts is equally fake in return?" "They forget they have robbed us!" "Why should we renegotiate our debt, at all, when we have in fact payed so far three times as much only in interest rates?" "WE ARE NOT SOME AMERICAN COLONY!" "Without a doubt, your country has a great, extremely great." "Far too great debt that is impossible to pay off." "It is part of the plan." "Tthe same thing happened to Iraq too." "Right after the invasion, $20 bil found deposited in bank accounts of US banks by Iraquian holders, were immidiately convescated." "It was all tranfered back to Iraq in cash!" "Alan Greyson, Lawyer" "Frank Willies Former CIA Deputy Officer." "Glory to the God!" "JUNE 2004" "Christian Miller, Journalist" "Dr. Charlie Krey, Academic Affairs." "National Institute of Management" "2005" " Wolfovich is appointed by President Bush as the chairman of the World Bank." "Washington." "Home base for IMF and the World Bank." "Wolfovich opens up ofices for the World Bank based in Bagdad." "The IMF puts demands upon Iraq for the payoff of the natiolal debt." "Greg Maudit, head of the MKO Platform" "Robert Baer, former CIA agent." "My son!" "Get up my son!" "Our faith will survive and conquer the world thanks to our kid's holy war!" "If you stay here, quiet and safe, Islam will die!" "Oh my God!" "Kito." "Equador" "In your book you support that in the case of Torijos there was a small taperecorder planted inside the vessel which was hiding a bomb that during the flight exploded and killed them all." "Yes and I do believe that something like that happened to Rolndos too." "John Perkins, tonight you will speak in the Prometheo Auditorium." " Are you familliar with the place?" " No, I have never been there before." "It is circular in shape, much like the Ancient Greek Theatres." "You will be surrounded by audience" "The audience will be watching from all sides, you'll be totally exposed to them." "It is kind of symbolic, you see - you won't be able to hide anything from them." "it will be like a publicly performed lie detector stress test." "the world must see that even the smallest countries do have dignity and pride." "That even in the smallest countries like Equador, moral values do exist." "That there is still an enormous moral reserve in each and everyone of us and to presidents like Roldos." "For me it is too difficult to talk about the death of my parents." "But I am here with you tonight, to speak, as the daughter of Haime and Martha." "I am truly moved by the words of Martha Roldos," "I am trying to find the proper words in my heart now." "Both the Spanish and the Inka empires were defeated once right here in Kito." "And so will the American empire, right here and now!" "It is very simple!" "It is no philosophy to realise and accept that the natural resources of Equador belong solely to the 8 mil of Equador Citizents." "I do not understand!" "We do not need no Mr Perkins to tell us that the international multicorporations are corrupt!" "My compatriots, in the past, everyting beacame privatized now we say : give the resources back to people, you, people!" "The mines, the oil, give it all to people, you, people!" "Let people write their own history, we say!" "We are no american colony!" "We are no american colony!" "We are no american colony!" "I am here today, to apologise for the practices of my country." "actions of both the goverments and the corporate world." "And I have to take up the responsibility myself for some of those, as well." "For all these, I do apologise..."