τα αμερικανικά "Κεφάλαια Γύπες" κερδίζουν εκατομμύρια από την εκμετάλλευση των αφρικανικών χωρών

Πηγή: truthout

Tuesday 22 November 2011

by: Amy Goodman, Democracy NOW! | News

American "vulture" investors, including a top funder of the Republican Party, have demanded that African nations pay over half a billion dollars for old debts – for which the investors paid only a few million. One New York vulture speculator, Peter Grossman of FG Capital Management, is demanding $100 million from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Is he collecting a legitimate debt from the Congo — or is the vulture’s claim based on a stolen security? Greg Palast reports from the Congo, Bosnia and New York in the joint investigation by the BBC, the Guardian and Democracy Now!

Guest:

Greg Palast, an Investigative reporter with the BBC and author of the books, “Armed Madhouse” and “The Best Democracy Money Can Buy.” His most recent book is called, "Vultures’ Picnic: In Pursuit of Petroleum Pigs, Power Pirates, and High-Finance Carnivores.”

Κεφάλαια Γύπες γυροφέρνουν την Ελλάδα

Vulture funds circle over Greece Πηγή: e-kathimerini By Vangelis Mandravelis Recently on a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, a luxury 70 room hotel was sold for 2.5 million euros. The buyer is an investor described in the market as being a distress fund. According to market sources, the investor landed a good deal since the construction of the hotel in 2009 cost 7.5 million euros. If one takes into account the value of the land it is built on, then its total value reaches the ten million euro mark. The new owners paid just a quarter of this amount. These sorts of examples are numerous in Greece. As the recession deepens, tens of real estate assets and businesses are in the radar of potential investors.