comprador
Native foreign agent
A comprador is a local agent or intermediary who facilitates business between foreign traders and domestic markets, originally in East Asia.
The term now carries political weight, describing local elites who serve foreign economic interests at the expense of their own country: comprador capitalism, a comprador class.
The word implies collaboration with outside powers for personal gain.
Transaction intermediary for hire
- agentOne who acts independently
- go-betweenAgent connecting separate parties
- facilitatorNeutral process guide
- liaisonConnector between groups
middleman · negotiator · conduit · representative · proxy · connector · buffer · interlocutor
One who sells wares
- importObtain from overseas
- exportForeign-bound sale
- commerceExchange of goods, services
- tradingExchanging for value
brokerage · customs · shipping · goods · commodities · wholesale · warehousing · distribution
Extending dominion over others
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- empireDomain under unified control
- dominationSupreme authority held
- subjugationForcing into submission
protectorate · annexation · territory · hegemony · occupation · dependency · exploitation · native
Indirect foreign domination
- globalizationWorldwide economic and cultural integration
- multinationalOperating across multiple countries
- transnationalCrossing country lines
- dependencyState of needing support
periphery · world-systems · exploitation · extraction · outsourcing · privatization · liberalization · IMF
One who works jointly
- selloutCompromiser of integrity
- puppetControlled performing figure
- lackeyServile follower or minion
- stoogeEasily manipulated pawn
traitor · quisling · enabler · opportunist · servile · subservient · complicit · betrayal
Superior select group
- oligarchyRule by few
- privilegedHaving special advantages
- collaboratorOne who works jointly
- managerialOf or relating to oversight
cosmopolitan · educated · urban · landowning · professional · bureaucratic · administrative · auxiliary
broker
Transaction intermediary for hire
- agentOne who acts independently
- go-betweenAgent connecting separate parties
- facilitatorNeutral process guide
liaison · middleman · negotiator · conduit · representative · proxy · connector · buffer · interlocutor · contact
merchant
One who sells wares
trading · brokerage · customs · shipping · goods · commodities · wholesale · warehousing · distribution · consignment
imperialism
Extending dominion over others
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- empireDomain under unified control
- dominationSupreme authority held
subjugation · protectorate · annexation · territory · hegemony · occupation · dependency · exploitation · native · indigenous
neocolonialism
Indirect foreign domination
- globalizationWorldwide economic and cultural integration
- multinationalOperating across multiple countries
- transnationalCrossing country lines
dependency · periphery · world-systems · exploitation · extraction · outsourcing · privatization · liberalization · IMF · debt
collaborator
One who works jointly
stooge · traitor · quisling · enabler · opportunist · servile · subservient · complicit · betrayal · co-optation
elite
Superior select group
- oligarchyRule by few
- privilegedHaving special advantages
- collaboratorOne who works jointly
managerial · cosmopolitan · educated · urban · landowning · professional · bureaucratic · administrative · auxiliary
compradorpatriot
Devoted country supporter
nationalist · anti-imperialist · resistance fighter · revolutionary · freedom fighter