01:21, February 20, 2013
By Harut Sassounian
Publisher, The California Courier
Money may help solve some problems, but does not solve them all. And sometimes it backfires!
Azerbaijan is the perfect example of a filthy rich country using its billions of petrodollars to win over foreign politicians and individuals in all walks of life in an attempt to improve its shoddy image around the world. In fact, the term “caviar diplomacy” was specially coined to describe the “goodies” that Azeri officials regularly and generously distribute to achieve their sinister purposes.
For example, Baku paid $5 million to Mexico City to renovate a park on condition that the statue of former President Heydar Aliyev be displayed in that prominent location. After Mexican activists became aware of this unseemly deal, the dictator's statue was dismantled and unceremoniously dumped in storage.
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