Dictators get a political facelift from K Street lobbyists
Authoritarian heads of state, undemocratic governments and coup regimes from Africa to Central America to Eastern Europe are increasingly hiring K Street lobbyists to polish tarnished reputations, whitewash human rights abuses and curry favor in Washington. But when despots and dictators pay big bucks, the voices of ordinary people get drowned out
Authoritarian heads of state, undemocratic governments and coup regimes from Africa to Central America to Eastern Europe are increasingly hiring K Street lobbyists to polish tarnished reputations, whitewash human rights abuses and curry favor in Washington. But when despots and dictators pay big bucks, the voices of ordinary people get drowned out
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