Oil Money and Corruption in Equatorial Guinea

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Published January 26, 2005 at 12:00 AM EST

Cheryl Duvall talks with journalist Peter Maas about his latest article in Mother Jones magazine, which looks at corruption in the oil-rich West African nation of Equatorial Guinea.

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