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