31 May 2023Theirclientshaveincluded,amongothers, Suharto-eraIndonesia, Ceausescu's Romania, Pinochet's Chile, the Shah's Iran, the Duvaliers' - père et fils - Haiti, Stroessner's ...
Loewenstein’s analysis of Israeli arms dealing offers a sobering roll-call of the past half-century’s standout despots and pariah nations, ranging from apartheid-era South Africa to Saudi Arabia’s bonesaw authoritarians. Their clients have included, among others, Suharto-era Indonesia, Ceausescu’s Romania, Pinochet’s Chile, the Shah’s Iran, the Duvaliers’ –pèreetfils– Haiti, Stroessner’s Paraguay, and Rios Montt’s genocidal tyranny in Guatemala, where Israeli-made Galil rifles were used to massacre indigenous communities