Enron, 165 euros versus dollars, 213 F Faisal, King, 82 "Farhad," 5­6, 117­119 "Fidel," 63 financing of terrorism, 96­97 fixed exchange rates, 77 Flowering Desert project, 110­111 forecasting economic/electric load (Colombia), 122 electric load, 31, 54, 109, 122 Saudi Arabian economic, 84­85 foreign aid, 47­48, 75 foreign policy, U.S., 21, 47 free market system, 170 free trade agreements, 221­222 Fujimori, Alberto K., 200 future actions, 221­225 G Gadhafi, Muammar, 60 Garrison, Jim, 170 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), 78 Getting to Know the General (Greene), 159 global empire, 170 globalization, 185 global management of petroleum, 214 Grant, Winifred, 162 Greene, Graham, 104­107, 159 Greve, Einar, 9, 13, 134 gross national product (GNP), deceptive nature of, 16 Ground Zero, 190­195. See also September 11, 2001 attacks Guatemala, 72­73, 200 H Hall, Mac, 52, 145, 165 Harken Energy, 98, 165­166 Harris, David, 177 Hayes, Martha, 134 Helms, Richard, 79 holy wars, 49 hostages, U.S. Embassy (Iran), 118­119 Hostler, Charles, 166 House of Saud. See Saudi Arabia Huaorani tribe (Ecuador), 142­143, 190 hunger, x, xii, 192 Hurtado, Osvaldo, 157 Hussein, Saddam, 182, 200 hydrocarbons law, 156, 196 Hydrocarbons Policy, 143­144 hydroelectric plants, Agoyan, xix I ideals, 75 Illingworth, Charlie, 24­25, 28­29, 104 imperialism, 48, 139, 218 importation of labor forces, 86 income, world population, 65, 206 Independent Power Systems, Inc. (IPS), 163­164, 168, 185­186 Indonesia, 16 creation of language for, 38 culture, 38­39 Japanese invasion of, 20 oil industry, 25 views of Americans, 42­46 Instituto de Recursos Hidraulicos y Electrificación, 71 integrity, 138­139 intelligence community, U.S., 104­105 Inter-American Development Bank, 74 international financial system trends, 169­170 international law, U.S. breach of, 177­178 International Monetary Fund (IMF), 19, 78, 169­170 international monetary system, 77 Interoceanic Canal Commission, 103­104 invasions, 20, 176­177, 184, 200 242 Confessions of an Economic Hit Man