A Cleptocracia

''Kleptocracy is an obstacle to democratic progress, undermines faith in government institutions and steals prosperity from the people,'' President Bush said. ''Promoting transparent, accountable governance is a critical component of our freedom agenda.''

BOA PIADA....Ah Ah Ah continuemos...

«ON a warm afternoon in late September, Nursultan A. Nazarbayev strode across the tarmac at Andrews Air Force Base to board his private 767. Surrounded by an entourage of security guards and political advisers, Mr. Nazarbayev, the president of Kazakhstan, was heading home after an eventful visit that included a meeting with President Bush in the White House and a boating jaunt in Maine with the president's father, George H. W. Bush. He also attended a swank fete at the Capital Hilton Hotel where his hosts, the business mogul Ted Turner and former Senator Sam Nunn, praised him for closing a major nuclear test site»

«The money, doled out by American companies seeking access to Kazakhstan's vast oil reserves, went toward the Kazakh leadership's personal use, including the purchase of expensive jewelry, speedboats, snowmobiles and fur coats»

New York Times 5/11/2006

Afinal parece que evoluimos desde 1978...