Dollar Diplomacy.IF MONEY TALKS, LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES CERTAINLY HAVE been chaffing up Wall Street and the Washington Beltway, spending millions to peddle coffee, to lobby on oil legislation or even just to gain a little support within the World Trade Organization. A review of foreign entities that reported their U.S. activities, as required, shows that Colombia Colombia (kəlŭm`bēə, Span. kōlōm`byä), officially Republic of Colombia, republic (2005 est. pop. 42,954,000), 439,735 sq mi (1,138,914 sq km), NW South America. Bogotá is the capital and largest city.'s coffee federation won the prize for effort, doling out nearly $18 million in its lobbying lobbying, practice and profession of influencing governmental decisions, carried out by agents who present the concerns of special interests to legislators and administrators. The term originated in the United States of the 1830s, when representatives of interest groups tended to congregate in the lobbies of Congress and state legislatures. It is now used in a broader sense to include attempts to influence any governmental actions. and advertising efforts in 1999, the most recent year for which figures are available. Even cash-strapped Haiti Haiti (hā`tē), Fr. Haïti (äētē`), officially Republic of Haiti, republic (2005 est. pop. joined the bandwagon, spending nearly half a million dollars in a bid to get the U.S. city of Philadelphia, which shipped its incinerated trash to the Caribbean island, to take the ashes back where they came from.
WHO PAID WHAT
Colombia Coffee Growers Federation $16,778,087
Petroleos de Venezuela $13,831,227
Embraer $1,544,368
Republic of Suriname $1,225,882
Colombia Coffee Growers Federation $1,100,000
Embraer $1,032,195
Republic of Suriname $724,056
Republic of Venezuela $647,665
Government of Mexico $588,108
Republic of Venezuela $525,298
Petroleos de Venezuela $359,208
Republic of Haiti $317,387
Republic of Haiti $288,115
Embassy of Bolivia $175,000
WHO FOR WHAT
Colombia Coffee Growers Federation advertising
Petroleos de Venezuela lobbying
Embraer public relations (WTO)
Republic of Suriname lobbying on development, narcotraffic
Colombia Coffee Growers Federation advertising
Embraer lobbying (WTO)
Republic of Suriname consulting on trade, narcotraffic
Republic of Venezuela consulting on tax laws, bond markets
Government of Mexico lobbying on immigration, trade
Republic of Venezuela lobbying on trade, immigration,
Export-Import Bank
Petroleos de Venezuela lobbying
Republic of Haiti lobbying on trash removal
Republic of Haiti legal advice on trash removal
Embassy of Bolivia lobbying on anti-drug aid
WHO FROM WHOM
Colombia Coffee Growers Federation DDB Worldwide Communications Group
Petroleos de Venezuela Collier, Shannon, Rill & Scott
Embraer Burson-Marsteller
Republic of Suriname Hemisphere Key Consulting
Colombia Coffee Growers Federation Colombian Coffee Federation
Embraer Burson-Marsteller
Republic of Suriname Hemisphere Key Consulting
Republic of Venezuela Arnold & Porter
Government of Mexico Shaw Pittma
Republic of Venezuela Arnold & Porter
Petroleos de Venezuela Collier, Shannon, Rill & Scott
Republic of Haiti Kurzban, Kurzban, Weinger & Tetzeli
Republic of Haiti Kurzban, Kurzban, Weinger & Tetzeli
Embassy of Bolivia William D. Harris & Associates
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