This chapter opens with John submitting his resignation. His new boss Paul Priddy refused to believe him. It was hard to believe it took a while, but Paul eventually accepted his resignation. Thus started John's new job as an expert witness between MAIN and angry clients threatening to drop MAIN if John was no part of the company.
John kept on top of events in Ecuador. Even though he was no longer involved in business affairs in Central America. I did enjoy John's comparison of Carter and Reagan. I was just a child when Carter was president. And I vaguely remember my parents talking about having to choose between these two for president. That was the year my late father voted for Donald Duck. Seriously! I get it now. John described Carter as ineffective as a politician. However, he was true to his beliefs and truly wanted to move America away from being dependent on oil companies. Reagan went into office and removed solar panels. Reagan was the puppet bankers and corporations wanted.
Ecuador's President Jamie Roldo was murdered not long after he showed he was committed to his campaign promises to reduce Ecuador's dependence on oil. President Roldo ordered the Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL is a religious organization) out of Ecuador. He made it clear their involvement with oil companies is a conflict of interest. He was putting a hydrocarbon law to Ecuador's congress. The sharks came out in full force. Slandering Roldo in the media. Which is when Roldo ordered companies and SIL out of Ecuador. In 1981, Jamie Roldo was murdered in a plane accident. Papers across Latin America were screaming "CIA Assassination!". They were right. In 27 Panama's president Omar Torrijos is next.
References
(n.d.). John Perkins. Retrieved April 19, 2023, from https://johnperkins.org/
https://youtu.be/xg1cxQMlT74
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