Powerful people act as middlemen between Washington and foreign capitals, selling off the riches of an empire in decline.
By Jason MORGAN
"Comprador capitalist" is not a compliment. The term denotes a merchant in a poor country who brokers deals with foreigners, parleying his knowledge of local conditions and his contacts with overseas traders into enormous profits for himself.
Even-especially-as the foreigners settle down into trading posts and then begin manipulating and controlling the government of the region or even the whole country, the comprador capitalist continues to play both sides.