Richard Pollack writes, “When the Vancouver, Canada-based Lundin Group gave its $100 million commitment to the ‘Clinton Giustra Sustainable Growth Initiative,’ the company had long been cutting deals with warlords, Marxist rebels, military strongmen and dictatorships in the war-torn African countries of Congo, Sudan and Ethiopia.”
The accusations that a donor company was engaged in the often bloody business of precious metal excavation may be of no consequence to the Clinton Foundation, but with the foundation raking in millions from foreign governments, and now corporations with shady business dealings, thosequestionable donations are now of concern to others, including watchdog groups and humanitarian organizations.
Adolf Lundin, who founded the Lundin Group, reportedly secured mineral rights from the Congo’s brutal dictator Mobutu Sese Seko in 1996 by allegedly donating to Mobutu’s campaign fund, although Lundin reportedly denies it. And in 1997, Pollack writes, the Lundin Group reportedly cut a deal “with Congolese Marxist warlord Laurent Kabila, with a $50 million down payment toward $250 million they would give to the rebels in exchange for mining rights, according to U.N. Inspector Jason K. Stearns. Lundin eventually won majority rights to one of the country’s richest mineral veins.”
Watchdog and humanitarian groups, including Swedwatch, Christian Aid, Enough.org and Human Rights Watch, have all decried abuses for which they say the Lundin Group is responsible. They cite the jailing of journalists, large-scale relocations of entire villages to make way for mining, and starvation of refugees as evidence the mining firm cares more about its business dealings than with humanity as a whole.
The fact the Clinton Foundation received funds from Lundin Group even drew criticism from Washington. Rep. Joe Pitts, R-Pa., who co-chairs the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, told the Daily Caller that “areas with high conflict over minerals are breeding grounds for human rights abuses on a massive scale, and when entities like the Clintons’ Foundation accept donations from these corrupt actors, they are sanctioning the exploitation.”
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One Response
Richard
This is true. The Clintons have been supporting dictactorship in Rwanda, in the person of Paul Kagame, so he can facilitate the stilling of coltan in Congo by creating a false wars, or killing of local population, rape of women. These minerals are sold around the world by one of the firm from Arkansas, affiliated to the Clintons.
This is true. The Clintons have been supporting dictactorship in Rwanda, in the person of Paul Kagame, so he can facilitate the stilling of coltan in Congo by creating a false wars, or killing of local population, rape of women. These minerals are sold around the world by one of the firm from Arkansas, affiliated to the Clintons.