Venezuelan Coup Plotter Gustavo Cisneros Donated $1M to Clinton Foundation

[Judi Lynn]

Venezuelan Coup Plotter Gustavo Cisneros Donated $1M to Clinton Foundation
By Rachael Boothroyd

Caracas, March 31st 2015 (venezuelanalysis.com)- A recent report has emerged revealing that Venezuelan billionaire and media tycoon, Gustavo Cisneros, donated up to US$ 1 million dollars to the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation between 2009-2013, while Hillary Clinton served as Secretary of State for the Obama administration.

A recent review of the foundation’s disclosures, carried out by the Wall Street Journal, brings to light a number of donators that were previously unknown to the public. The figures include Argentinian and Ukrainian businesspeople, as well as Prince Turki al-Faisal of the Saudi Arabian Royal Family, who collectively donated up to US$68 million to the organisation over the course of four years. The majority of large donations came from residents in the Ukraine (US$10 million), England (US$8.4 million) and Saudi Arabia (US$7.3 million), according to the report.

Described as Latin America’s “Berlusconi,” Gustavo Cisneros appears in the report as having donated up to US$ 1 million to the couple’s foundation between 2009 and 2013. The exact amount and number of donations that he made are still unclear, however, as the foundation’s disclosure reports only cite donations in ranges as opposed to specific amounts.

The revelation has provoked a fierce backlash from the Republican party, as well as some figures within the Democrat camp. They have cited the donations as an attempt to circumvent an agreement between President Obama and the Clintons, in which the couple vowed to reject donations from foreign governments during Hillary Clinton’s time as Secretary of State.

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Gustavo Cisneros and George H. W. Bush, bone-fishing in Florida
Have been "fishing buddies" for a long time.



Gustavo Cisneros, George H. W. Bush, and "Pepe Fanjul".
Fanjuls are the Cuban "exile" "sugar barons" of both Florida
sugar cane industry, and the Dominican Republic sugar cane
and resort industries. They formerly owned Cuban sugar cane
business in the years leading up to and including bloody dictator
Fulgencio Batista.



With their spouses.



With D.R. President Leonel Fernandez, center. [/center]

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1. That is a lot of money.

A recent review of the foundation’s disclosures, carried out by the Wall Street Journal, brings to light a number of donators that were previously unknown to the public. The figures include Argentinian and Ukrainian businesspeople, as well as Prince Turki al-Faisal of the Saudi Arabian Royal Family, who collectively donated up to US$68 million to the organisation over the course of four years. The majority of large donations came from residents in the Ukraine (US$10 million), England (US$8.4 million) and Saudi Arabia (US$7.3 million), according to the report.

Whether or not they were benign, that amount of money comes with strings attached. I can't see how it wouldn't.

Do you have another link to a bio of Cisneros? There is information on him in the article, but not much.

What is your opinion on the donations, both from Cisneros, foreign governments in general, and in particular the Saudi Royal Family?