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When the DP lobbies with figures that suit an oligarch, not an opposition party!
The Democratic Party has signed a lobbying contract with Continental Strategy for $250,000 per month, for two years – that translates to a whopping $6 million. A sum that would make any Silicon Valley tech start-up jealous and, ironically, is almost twice as much as the company's entire net profit in four years – just $3,165,935 from 2021 to 2024.
So, we are dealing with a situation where the client pays twice what the company has ever earned from all its other clients combined. At this point, it is no longer lobbying – it is life financing for Continental Strategy. To make an analogy, it is a bit like taking a used car, paying for it like a Ferrari, and painting it to look like one.
But the question that naturally arises is:
Where does the Democratic Party get 6 million dollars? Unlike what they tell us about the modest budgets of opposition parties, here we are talking about a bill that would make even the Albanian government sweat if it were to enter into such a contract.
All this is done with a single goal: to remove the "Non Grata" against Sali Berisha from the US. But if anyone thinks that this is simply an attempt at rehabilitation, they are seriously mistaken - it is more of a desperate fight for personal survival, with the party paying the bill.
If we look at Continental Strategy's past clients, they include small companies from Guatemala, universities in Florida, and several contracts that typically range from $30,000 to $120,000. PD, meanwhile, emerges as the biggest "big spender" in their history, a kind of unexpected "Elon Musk" in the world of American political lobbying.
For a company that has raked in about $4.4 million in total from dozens of clients over the years, the PD deal is perhaps a golden opportunity: one client, one contract, a new financial life. The only thing missing here is a bunch of balloons and a cake for the celebration that Continental Strategy must have thrown after the signing.
In conclusion, this is not simply a matter of lobbying. It is an indication of how a political party, without power, without a state budget, without visible financial capacities – manages to pour millions of dollars into a personal battle, facing a reality that is difficult to change with money. The last question that remains: if these are the costs of lobbying, how much does the silence of ordinary members of the DP cost? /Pamphlet
Continental Strategy's earnings
2021
Cemcal International Corporation - $105,000
2022
Guatemalan Chamber of Industry, $71,000
Cemcal International Corporation - $180,000
Grupo Aldecasa - $150,000
2023
Guatemalan Chamber of Industry - $120,000
Cemcal International Corporation - $120,000
Hay Island Holdings - $45,000
2024
Algeco Scotsman - $50,000
Alphabet Inc - $70,000
American Sugar Refineries - $30,000
Arizona State University- $15,000
CDR Health- $25,000
Centene Corp- $35,000
Guatemalan Chamber of Industry - $120,000
City of West Miami, FL <$5000 -
Cemcal International Corporation - $160,000
Crei Holdings- $87,500
Edema $45,000
Edenor SA $90,000
Group GB (Haiti) $55,980
GEO Group $75,000
Hay Island Holdings $180,000
Honduras Prospera $45,000
IEM International, $22,500
LTS Inc (Virginia) $30,000
Miami-Dade County, FL$121,250
Miami-Dade Transportation Planning Organization $18,747
Minera Aguilar $45,000
Notarc Management Group $225,000
Recording Industry Association of America $22,500
Renexia SpA $57,500
University of North Florida $148,958
Year 2025
Democratic Party – 250.00 USD per month, duration 24 months.
Reformatics Georgia-100,000 USD per month, duration 6 months.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Guyana - 50,000 USD per month, duration 6 months.
Republic of Haiti - 35,000 USD per month, duration 12 months.
Dominican Republic 20,000 USD per month, duration 12 months.
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