Dossier # 2: Bernard W. Aronson, Managing Partner, ACON Investments The Narco News has launched its “Who Runs América?” Investigation on the fine upstanding and moral people who brought us Plan Colombia, the $1.3 million dollar US military intervention purportedly to fight against drug trafficking. The “Who Runs América?” Investigation seeks information about Washington power-broker Bernard W. Aronson, Managing Partner, ACON Investments. Brief bio supplied by Mr. Aronson to various sources: Bernard Aronson is Managing Partner of ACON Investments, a diversified investment company, and Chairman of Newbridge Andean Partners, a private equity fund managed by ACON that invests in Latin America. He serves on the Board of Directors for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines*, Liz Claiborne, and the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs. Aronson is also a member of the Advisory Board for Zonafinanciera.com; and he is a member of the Council on Foreign Affairs and the Inter-American Dialogue. Prior to co-founding ACON, Aronson served as International Advisor to Goldman Sachs. Before Goldman Sachs, he was the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs where he was awarded the Distinguished Service Award. During the Carter Administration, he served in the White House as Deputy Assistant to the President. He was President of The Policy Project, a consulting firm. He was also Assistant to the President of the United Mineworkers of America International Union. Aronson graduated with honors from the University of Chicago. QUOTE FROM MR. ARONSON: “…We as a nation waited too long to face this drug menace and so did countries like Colombia. And it's going to take a generation to combat it. We have to deal with consumption here at home, a culture that glamorized drug addiction and drug use and drug peddling in the 1960's. And we need to provide material, intelligence, military, and other support to countries that are battling to defend their democratic institutions against very well organized and very well financed drug cartels.” (Tuesday, September 21, 1999, Testimony before the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control -- Colombia: Counterinsurgency vs. Counternarcotics) We seek more background information on the details of the following matters. Please send documents, links, leads and analysis to [EMAIL PROTECTED] A. After Mr. Aronson left the State Department (1989-1993), where did he get the financial resources for his two major investment funds? They are the $300 million Newbridge & Partners Latin America fund and the $160 million Newbridge & Partners Andean Fund, both of which require a commitment of about $1 million and three to five years. (Source: International Herald Tribune, January 31, 1998) B. Aronson’s Newbridge Andean Partners LP has $160 million invested in Latin America emphasizing Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela (source: BizPlanCentral.com). What public information is available to discover in what companies and industries his fund invests, particularly in these four Colombia border countries? DISCLAIMER: This is an investigation in progress and will draw no conclusions until we publish our results on The Narco News Bulletin, http://www.narconews.com/ >From somewhere in a country called América, Al Giordano publisher The Narco News Bulletin http://www.narconews.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com --------------------------------------------------------------------<e|- Special Offer-Earn 300 Points from MyPoints.com for trying @Backup Get automatic protection and access to your important computer files. Install today: http://click.egroups.com/1/6347/6/_/475667/_/966396151/ --------------------------------------------------------------------|e>-
