Oil and Blood
The next time you fill up the car, remember who you are paying.
“It was another election in which the voters had a gun held to their heads – literally, in the case of one opposition official, who had a pistol applied to his temple to encourage him to sign off on rigged returns.”
“The electoral charade confirms another seven-year term for Obiang, whose government is rated by Human Rights Watch as ‘one of the most abusive and corrupt in the world.’ ”
“the president’s son and agriculture minister has transferred at least $73m (£44m)into America to pay for a $35m Malibu mansion and private jet.”
US oil giants ExxonMobil, Hess and Marathon are joined by Dutch giant Shell and Brazil’s Petrobras among the companies making millions along with the Obiang family.”
And some wonder why Western countries are so reviled in the Third World. We keep their bestial overlords in power, in exchange for the right to drive over their dreams.
