“The Owner”: The Rise of Eduardo Elsztain and the Coming End of Argentina’s Democracy

With the backing and funding of the global elite, Eduardo Elsztain and his closest associates have taken control of Argentina’s real estate, electricity, agriculture, and finance industries. His next target? Argentina’s election system.

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Eduardo Elsztain

BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA – It seemed like a longshot, but anything was possible in the mind of an ambitious, 30-year-old Eduardo Elsztain. Elsztain, then living in New York, had landed a meeting with the wealthy Hungarian-American financier George Soros, a meeting that the bulk of media reports covering Elsztain’s rise to prominence claim was

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NYT Expose Reveals Facebook Push To Label Liberal Critics as Soros Stooges

Facebook employed Definers Public Affairs to paint liberal critics as pawns of George Soros, and in some cases, even as anti-Semitic.

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a House Energy and Commerce hearing on Capitol Hill April 11, 2018, about the use of Facebook data to target American voters in the 2016 election and data privacy. Andrew Harnik | AP

The New York Times has painted a 5,300-word picture of an out-of-control Facebook's desperate and incompetent damage control measures in the wake of multiple scandals. Based on interviews with over 50 current and former company executives, lawmakers, government officials, lobbyists and congressional staff members - most of whom spoke on the

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George Soros: Obama Was “His Greatest Disappointment”

Soros told The Times “I don’t particularly want to be a Democrat.”

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New York billionaire George Soros is not a fan of former President Obama - telling the New York Times that Obama is his "greatest disappointment," lamenting that he was "frozen out" by the administration despite his financial support. Soros was an early backer of Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign. In Paris, Soros told me that Obama was

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In Heated TV Interview, Putin Dares Host to Ask the US State Department About George Soros

“There are rumors circulating now that Mr. Soros is planning to make the Euro highly volatile,” Putin warned.

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President Vladimir Putin in an interview with NBC's "Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly" in St. Petersburg, Russia . (Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik)

Russian president Vladimir Putin gave a tense interview to Austria's ORF television channel which at times got so heated, he spoke in German to ask host Armin Wolf to let him finish his answers. The interview was held ahead of Putin's Tuesday meeting with Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and Vice-Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache during

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Clinton Foundation Donors Flocking To The McCain Institute

In years past, the Clinton Foundation enjoyed significant donations from individuals and countries that sought to purchase influence in Washington. But now, the McCain Institute is their new darling, having received large sums from the likes of George Soros and Saudi Arabia.

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U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., greets Saudi Arabia's King, Salman bin Abdul Aziz in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

With the Clinton Foundation standing at the heart of the many scandals that dogged Hillary Clinton’s failed 2016 presidential campaign, it was no small wonder that donations to her family’s controversial charity began to dry up soon after her loss last November. Just weeks after the election, donations to the foundation from foreign governments

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Soros Says EU In ‘Existential Crisis’, Needs To Be Reinvented To Survive

Speaking at the Brussels Economic Forum, the billionaire investor said the EU had “lost its momentum.”

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Soros Fund Management Chairman George Soros speaks at the Nicolas Berggruen Conference in Berlin, Germany, Oct. 30, 2012. (AP/Thomas Peter)

Commenting on the current state of the European experiment, George Soros warned the European Union has plunged it into an existential crisis as a result of "dysfunctional" institutions and austerity mandates and will require the bloc to reinvent itself to survive. Speaking at the Brussels Economic Forum, the billionaire investor said the EU had

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