That changed dramatically in recent years as rival African powers sought to use culture in their campaigns for influence in the region.
Nelson Peltz, an American activist investor, is waging a campaign for more influence over the management of the British company.
NELSON PELTZ is stepping up his campaign for more influence over the management of Britain's Cadbury Schweppes, the world's biggest confectionery-maker measured by sales.
For U.N.-sanctioned Iran, which last fall lost its brazen bid for a seat on the U.N. Security Council, this UNDP chairmanship is the next step in a creeping campaign for diplomatic influence and legitimacy at the U.N. via seats on the boards of the U.N.'s alphabet agencies from UNICEF, to the United Nations Environment Program, to the World Food Program and beyond.
According to the chairman, Richard Burr, it took time for tech leaders to warm up to the notion that they were responsible for influence campaigns run on their platforms.
The State Senate's paper-thin Democratic majority is barely functioning — questions were raised last week about whether Democrats have been trying to shake down union leaders for campaign contributions in return for influence on the state budget.
While some in the media criticized the Trump campaign for allowing Putin to influence the outcome of a U.S. election, the Republican nominee's campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, pushed back in an appearance on CNN.
Correction: October 16, 2002, Wednesday An article last Wednesday about the Congressional election in New Mexico's Second District referred incompletely to the presence of Hispanic candidates in the campaign for governor, which could influence the Congressional voting by increasing Hispanic turnout.
Such a campaign would result in renewed competition for influence between Iran and the Saudis, causing strife among Muslims from Morocco to Indonesia.
