Regimes that hired Burson Marsteller

• The Nigerian government; to discredit reports of genocide

• The fascist junta in Argentina during the 1970s and 1980s; to help attract foreign investment

• South Korea; to help avoid the focus on the human rights situation during the 1988 Olympics

• The Mexican government in 1990; to sell nafta to the public, media and politicians

• Nicolae Ceaucescu, the communist dictator of Romania; to help retain a hold on the country