Clinton Cash (34 page)

76.  Silverstein, Ken, “Clinton Foundation Donors and Hillary’s Confirmation,”
Harper’s
, January 21, 2009, http://harpers.org/blog/2009/01/clinton-foundation-donors-and-hillarys-confirmation/.

77.  US Justice Department, “U.S. Forfeits Over $480 Million Stolen by Former Nigerian Dictator in Largest Forfeiture Ever Obtained Through a Kleptocracy Action,” August 7, 2014, http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/us-forfeits-over-480-million-stolen-former-nigerian-dictator-largest-forfeiture-ever-obtained.

78.  Urevich, Robin, “Chasing the Ghosts of a Corrupt Regime,”
Frontline
, PBS, January 8, 2010, http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/bribe/2010/01/nigeria-chasing-the-ghosts-of-a-corrupt-regime.html.

79.  Rupert, “Corruption Flourished in Abacha’s Regime.”

80.  Solomon, John, “Billionaire Clinton Pal Finally Gets Waiver from U.S. No-fly List,” Center for Public Integrity, May 21, 2010, http://www.publicintegrity.org/2010/05/21/2669/billionaire-clinton-pal-finally-gets-waiver-us-no-fly-list.

81.  Apple, R. W., “Clinton in Africa: The Policy; U.S. Stance Toward Nigeria and Its Ruler Seems to Shift,”
New York Times
, March 28, 1998, http://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/28/world/clinton-africa-policy-us-stance-toward-nigeria-its-ruler-seems-shift.html.

82.  “Nigeria: Chronology of the Struggle for Stability and Democracy,” AllAfrica, August 24, 2000, http://allafrica.com/stories/200008240352.html.

83.  Urevich, “Chasing the Ghosts of a Corrupt Regime.”

84.  Silverstein, “Clinton Foundation Donors and Hillary’s Confirmation.”

85.  “Eko Atlantic City,” www.africa-ventures.com, http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/africa/africanawards/pdf/2013/tolu-ogunlesi/tolu-ogunlesi-eko-atlantic-story.pdf.

86.  Esposito, Richard, Rhonda Schwartz, and Brian Ross, “No-Fly Terror List Includes Big Financial Backer of Clinton,”
ABC News
, February 17, 2010, http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/no-fly-terror-list-includes-big-donor-clinton-initiative/story?id=9791786.

87.  St. Lucia Prime Minster’s Office, “Prime Minister’s Address in Honour of the Honourable William Jefferson Clinton,” January 18, 2003.

88.  Emshwiller, John R., “Bill Clinton’s Complicated World,”
Wall Street Journal
, December 20, 2008, http://online.wsj.com/articles/SB122973023139522863.

89.  Urevich, “Chasing the Ghosts of a Corrupt Regime.”

90.  “Nigeria: N27 Billion Halliburton Scam IBB, Abdulsalami, Diya, 77 Others Indicted,” AllAfrica, April 14, 2010, http://allafrica.com/stories/201004150046.html. Silverstein, Ken, “Clinton Donor Figures in New Halliburton Bribe Document,”
Harper’s
, April 13, 2010, http://harpers.org/blog/2010/04/clinton-donor-figures-in-new-halliburton-bribe-document/. “Halliburton Settles Nigeria Bribery Claims for $35 Million,” CNN, December 21, 2010, http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/12/21/nigeria.halliburton/.

91.  “Ambassador Gilbert Chagoury 2005 Pride of Heritage Honoree,” Lebanese American Foundation, Inc., http://www.houseoflebanon.com/what_we_do/previous_recipients/chagouri_2005.html.

92.  Lagos (Nigeria) State Government, “Eko Atlantic City Gets Global Recognition, Wins CGI Award,” September 25, 2009, http://www.lagosstate.gov.ng/news2.php?k=158.

93.  Ammann, Daniel,
The King of Oil: The Secret Lives of Marc Rich
(New York, St. Martin’s, 2009), 100.

CHAPTER 9: RAINFOREST RICHES

1.    “President Bill Clinton and Philanthropists Frank Giustra and Carlos Slim Launch Fondo Acceso SAS, a USD $20 Million Fund for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Colombia,” press release, Clinton Foundation, June 9, 2010, https://www.clintonfoundation.org/main/news-and-media/press-releases-and-statements/press-release-president-bill-clinton-and-philanthropists-frank-giustra-and-carlo.html.

2.    Clinton, Hillary Rodham,
Hard Choices
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 2014), 253.

3.    Uribe Velez, Alvaro,
No Lost Causes
(New York: Celebra, 2012), 179.

4.    “Hillary Clinton Voices Ongoing US Support for Colombia,” BBC News, June 10, 2010, http://www.bbc.com/news/10282709.

5.    “U.S. Senators Seek Changes to Plan Colombia: US-Colombia,”
Latin American Herald Tribune
(Caracas), EFE News Service (Madrid), January 27, 2010, http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=351189&CategoryId=12393.

6.    Romero, Simon, “Colombia Extradites 14 Paramilitary Leaders,”
New York Times
, May 14, 2008, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/14/world/americas/14colombia.html?pagewanted=print&_r=0.

7.    Brody, Daniel, “Uribe meets with Bill Clinton,” Colombiareports, June 10, 2010. Begg, Kristen, “Clinton to Meet Uribe, Santos, and Mockus,” Colombiareports, June 8, 2010, http://colombiareports.co/clinton-to-meet-with-uribe-santos-and-mockus/.

8.    “Clintons Stand Up for Colombia,”
Investor’s Business Daily
, June 14, 2010, http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials/061110-537128-clintons-stand-up-for-colombia.htm?ntt=free.

9.    “Prima Colombia Hardwood Inc. Completes Acquisition of REM Forest Products Inc, and Closing of $5,500,000, Financing”
Canada Newswire, Digital Journal
, September 22, 2010, http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/612439/prima-colombia-hardwood-inc-completes-acquisition-of-rem-forest-products-inc-and-closing-of-5-500-000-financing.

10.  “Prima Colombia Hardwood Inc. Completes Acquisition of Rem Forest Products Inc. and Closing of $5,500,000 Financing,”
Newswire
, September 22, 2010, http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/612439/prima-colombia-hardwood-inc-completes-acquisition-of-rem-forest-products-inc-and-closing-of-5-500-000-financing.

11.  Jimenez, Carlos, “Frank Giustra,”
ElPais.com.co
, January 20, 2012, http://www.elpais.com.co/elpais/opinion/columna/carlos-jimenez/frank-giustra.

12.  Pacific Rubiales Energy, “Pacific Rubiales Energy Awarded Six Blocks in the ‘2010 ANH Round’ Bidding Process,” press release, June 23, 2010, http://www.pacificrubiales.com/2010/153-23062010.

13.  Quoted in Forero, Juan, “Venezuelan Oilmen Pushed Out by Hugo Chavez Find Opportunities in Colombia,”
Washington Post
, September 12, 2011, http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/americas/venezuelan-oilmen-find-opportunities-in-colombia/2011/09/12/gIQAiOcjTK_story.html.

14.  Pacific Rubiales Energy, “Where Talent and Knowledge Meet Opportunity,” investor presentation, December 2010, http://www.pacificrubiales.com/archivos/investor/CEOs_Investors_presentation_Canaccord_Conference_Dec_2010.pdf.

15.  Humphreys, Tommy, “Los Minerales Hermanos: How Two Friends Made a Fortune in Colombia and Expect to Do It Again,” CEO.ca, April 2, 2013, http://ceo.ca/2013/04/02/colombia-giustra-iacono/.

16.  Clinton Foundation, “Press Release: Projects of the Clinton Giustra Sustainable Growth Initiative,” March 1, 2008, https://www.clintonfoundation.org/main/news-and-media/press-releases-and-statements/press-release-projects-of-the-clinton-giustra-sustainable-growth-initiative.html.

17.  Pacific Rubiales Energy, “Petro Rubiales Energy and Underwriters Contributing $4.4 Million to Clinton Giustra Sustainable Growth Initiative,” press release, July 24, 2007, http://www.pacificrubiales.com/2007/35-24072007.

18.  “El primer día de la Acción Humanitaria y Laboral a Puerto Gaitán es una aclaración, de que la USO no ha firmado ningun acuerdo con,” USOPAZ, October 11, 2011, http://www.pasc.ca/en/action/updates-conflict-canadian-oil-company-pacific-rubiales#sdendnote8sym.

19.  Petroamerica Oil Corp., “Petroamerica Receives Key Colombian Approval,” press release, June 21, 2010, http://www.petroamericaoilcorp.com/main/index.php?id=newsroom_read&news=33.

20.  Humphreys, Tommy, and Tekoa da Silva, “Energy Heavyweights Engineering a Turnaround?” CEO.CA, Augusst 20, 2012, http://ceo.ca/2012/08/20/pta/.

21.  Estimates from Petroamerica executive Robert Gillcrest were that the land it could now drill on boasted between “[t]wo to twenty million barrels maximum” of oil.

22.  US Department of State, Embassy in Bogotá, “Colombia: Energy Sector to Expand with Exim Financing,” WikiLeaks, November 18, 2009, https://cablegatesearch.wikileaks.org/cable.php?id=09BOGOTA3415&q=clint.

23.  The secretary of state has the power to review, approve, deny, or delay ExIm financing to any country, entity, or person, http://www.exim.gov/about/whoweare/charterbylaws/upload/Updated_2012_EXIM_Charter_August_2012_Final.pdf.

24.  “EXMAR, IFC Sign Floating Liquefaction Unit Financing Deal,” LNG World News, December 6, 2012, http://www.lngworldnews.com/exmar-ifc-sign-floating-liquefaction-unit-financing-deal-belgium/.

25.  Endeavour Mining, “Endeavour’s Growth Plan,” October 2010, http://www.endeavourmining.com/i/pdf/Presentations/Investor-20101001.pdf.

26.  “Merchant Banking, Endeavour Financial Corporation,” BMO Global Resource Conference, February 2009, http://www.endeavourmining.com/i/flashpaper/EDV_Investor_Presentation_BMO_Feb_09.swf.

27.  Baja Mining, quarterly report, first quarter 2011, http://www.bajamining.com/content/pdfs/financials/BAJ_Q12011_MDA.pdf.

28.  US Export-Import Bank, “Semi-Annual Report to Congress, April 1–September 30, 2013,” 30, 31, http://www.exim.gov/oig/upload/OIG_Report_FA13_508.pdf.

29.  Humphreys, “Los Minerales Hermanos.”

30.  Isaacson, Adam, “Colombia: Don’t Call It a Model,” Washington Office of Latin America, July 13, 2010, http://www.wola.org/publications/colombia_dont_call_it_a_model.

31.  Good, Chris, “Republicans Support Obama’s Trade Agenda. Do Democrats?”
The Atlantic
, September 17, 2011, http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/09/republicans-support-obamas-trade-agenda-do-democrats/245248/. “Carnation Revolution: A Long-awaited Pact Comes into Force,”
The Economist
, May 19, 2012, http://www.economist.com/node/21555592.

32.  According to Maria Consuelo Araujo, “President Alvaro Uribe said the country can not continue living preferences. On TLC there is concern because some American analysts believe that the current Congress would not give its approval to the agreement.” Araujo, “Uribe, tras prórroga de ayuda comercial,”
El Pais
(Bogotá), September 1, 2014, http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://historico.elpais.com.co/paisonline/notas/Noviembre142006/aptdea.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522hillary%2BClinton%2522%2Band%2B%2522uribe%2522%26biw%3D1216%26bih%3D706%26tbs%3Dcdr:1,cd_min:1/1/2004,cd_max:12/31/2006.

33.  Smith, Elliot Blair, “Clinton Used Giustra’s Plane, Opened Doors for Deals,” Bloomberg.com, February 22, 2008, http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aa2b8Mj3NEWQ.

34.  Stein, Sam, “Bill Clinton’s Ties to Colombia Trade Deal Stronger than Even Penn’s,”
Huffington Post
, May 25, 2011, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/08/bill-clintons-ties-to-col_n_95651.html.

35.  Emshwiller, John, and Jose De Cordoba, “Bill Clinton’s Complex Charities,”
Wall Street Journal
, February 14, 2008, http://online.wsj.com/articles/SB120296323202367961.

36.  Ibid.

37.  “Plan Colombia—the Sequel,”
The Economist
August 21, 2003, http://www.economist.com/node/2009304. Carter, Zach, “Trade Deals Face Growing House Opposition amid Continued Violence in Colombia,” video,
Huffington Post
, August 11, 2011, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/11/house-opposition-to-trade_n_924418.html.

38.  Fenwarth, Andres Espinosa, “Opinion—Colombia atenta a posicion de Hillary Clinton sobre TLC,”
Noticias Financieras
, November 14, 2007.

39.  “Colombia to Honor Clinton for His Efforts to Help Country’s Image,”
Arkansas Online
, May 24, 2007, http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2007/may/24/colombia-honor-clinton-his-efforts-help-countrys-i/?print.

40.  Isikoff, Michael, and Mark Hosenball, “It’s So Nice to Be Here,”
Newsweek
, April 21, 2008, http://www.newsweek.com/its-so-nice-be-here-85467.

41.  Ibid.

42.  Davis, Susan, “Clinton Aide Met on Trade Deal; Penn Held Talks on Colombia Pact Opposed by Senator,”
Wall Street Journal
, April 4, 2008. Kirchgaessner, Stephanie, “Colombia Sacks PR Firm Led by Clinton Strategist,”
Financial Times
, April 7, 2008, http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d2be41d8-043a-11dd-b28b-000077b07658.html#axzz3Dmm4umKz.

43.  Kirchgaessner, “Colombia Sacks PR Firm Led by Clinton Strategist.”

44.  Javers, Eamon, “HRC Colombia ties don’t stop with Penn,” April 7, 2008, http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0408/9433.html.

45.  “Clinton Reiterates Opposition to Colombia Trade Pact,”
Los Angeles Times
, April 9, 2008, http://articles.latimes.com/2008/apr/09/nation/na-penn9.