The Economic Hit Man a title given to an officer than his main job consists in pretty much bringing "slavery" to a country. The word slavery sounds awful, but is a reality, the job is to convince the different countries to receive the help the U.S.A provides them in order for them to complete their interest, like saying building roads, building airports, etc... After the United States closes the deal the country must pay back as soon as possible what they have borrow from them, but it is known that this debt will not be pay soon. After the Economic Hit Man has prepare all of the U.S.A orders the plan starts, first the "helped" country pays the monthly fines they are suppose to pay, but after a certain time the country can't be able to pay, because the taxes are so high that they don't have the enough money to pay them. This is what the United States and the Economic Hit Mans have plan from the beginning and in order for the country to pay they must allow the U.S.A or to build military bases on their countries, or to have control of they votes on the U.N or have access to the resources, etc... some example of the hits of the (EHMs) in other countries are:
Economic Hit Man, strike on Colombia leaving Panama as a part of the U.S.A. According to the book confessions of an economic hit man, Colombia over the last years of the XIX use the help of the U.S.A government in order to built the Suez Canal. In the start of 1881a series of catastrophes occurred, leaving by the 1889 the project of the Canal on a financial crisis. Not everyone so the financial crisis like a crisis but an opportunity to win some more from it. "But it had inspired a dream in Theodore Roosevelt" (Perkins, 58). Dream that Perkins refers to was the one of taking Panama from Colombia in order to have control of the Canal. Roosevelt order Colombia to sign a treaty in order for them to have control of the Panama land from now on, but they refuse, by 1903 Roosevelt send Nashville warship, killing the local commander and declaring Panama free. As a consequence of this the wealthy families of America ruled the canal.
But not only the Economic Hit Man went to Panama but they also affected Guatemala. U.S.A company had pretty much control of the fruits of the territory, the United Fruit Company. The elections for president were made, leaving as the president Jacobo Arbenz, when he started ruling Guatemala his goals were to bringing the land back to the people. He implement laws and policies that started doing this. The Company did not like this so the created a campaign in order to show the U.S.A that Arbenz was a communist. When the United States believe this they to control of the situation by taking him out of the power. When he was remove the new president reestablish everything the united fruit company maintained they're control.
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MLA Citations
Perkins, John. Confessions of an Economic Hit Man. San Fransisco: BK, 2004. Doc.
