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	'''Compradors''' are a [[Bourgeoisie\|bourgeois]] class in [[Colonialism\|colonized]] and [[Neocolonialism\|neocolonized]] countries that collaborates with foreign [[Imperialism\|imperialists]]. Compradors are often descendants of the [[Feudalism\|feudal]] lords that were rich and influential before colonization. In some [[Anti-imperialism\|anti-imperialist]] countries that lack a comprador class, a group of neo-compradors arises that does not control the [[means of production]] but acts on the behalf of [[Imperial core\|Western imperialist]] [[NGO\|NGOs]] such as the [[National Endowment for Democracy\|NED]] and attempts to organize [[Colour revolution\|color revolutions]].<ref name=":0">{{Web citation\|author=Sammy Ismail\|newspaper=Al Mayadeen\|title=Neo-compradors: the leftist foot soldiers of Imperialism\|date=2023-02-02\|url=https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/neo-compradors:-the-leftist-foot-soldiers-of-imperialism\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203170148/https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/neo-compradors:-the-leftist-foot-soldiers-of-imperialism\|archive-date=2023-02-03\|retrieved=2023-02-05}}</ref>		'''Compradors''' are a [[Bourgeoisie\|bourgeois]] class in [[Colonialism\|colonized]] and [[Neocolonialism\|neocolonized]] countries that collaborates with foreign [[Imperialism\|imperialists]]. Compradors are often descendants of the [[Feudalism\|feudal]] lords that were rich and influential before colonization. In some [[Anti-imperialism\|anti-imperialist]] countries that lack a comprador class, a group of neo-compradors arises that does not control the [[means of production]] but acts on the behalf of [[Imperial core\|Western imperialist]] [[NGO\|NGOs]] such as the [[National Endowment for Democracy\|NED]] and attempts to organize [[Colour revolution\|color revolutions]].<ref name=":0">{{Web citation\|author=Sammy Ismail\|newspaper=Al Mayadeen\|title=Neo-compradors: the leftist foot soldiers of Imperialism\|date=2023-02-02\|url=https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/neo-compradors:-the-leftist-foot-soldiers-of-imperialism\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203170148/https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/neo-compradors:-the-leftist-foot-soldiers-of-imperialism\|archive-date=2023-02-03\|retrieved=2023-02-05}}</ref>

			== Etymology ==
			The term 'comprador' comes from Portuguese and referred to Asians who lived in ports and bought goods for the [[Portuguese Empire\|Portuguese]] to hold them until more ships arrived to load them.<ref name=":02">{{Citation\|author=[[Vijay Prashad]]\|year=2017\|title=Red Star over the Third World\|chapter=Enemy of Imperialism\|page=76\|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzacecu7gb2ei65us6ip3r2ugcgkblneqcftbm456mb6bzvprkbqk55qm?filename=Vijay%20Prashad%20-%20Red%20Star%20Over%20the%20Third%20World-LeftWord%20Books%20%282018%29.pdf\|city=New Delhi\|publisher=LeftWord Books}}</ref>

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'''Compradors''' are a [[Bourgeoisie|bourgeois]] class in [[Colonialism|colonized]] and [[Neocolonialism|neocolonized]] countries that collaborates with foreign [[Imperialism|imperialists]]. Compradors are often descendants of the [[Feudalism|feudal]] lords that were rich and influential before colonization. In some [[Anti-imperialism|anti-imperialist]] countries that lack a comprador class, a group of neo-compradors arises that does not control the [[means of production]] but acts on the behalf of [[Imperial core|Western imperialist]] [[NGO|NGOs]] such as the [[National Endowment for Democracy|NED]] and attempts to organize [[Colour revolution|color revolutions]].<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=Sammy Ismail|newspaper=Al Mayadeen|title=Neo-compradors: the leftist foot soldiers of Imperialism|date=2023-02-02|url=https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/neo-compradors:-the-leftist-foot-soldiers-of-imperialism|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203170148/https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/neo-compradors:-the-leftist-foot-soldiers-of-imperialism|archive-date=2023-02-03|retrieved=2023-02-05}}</ref>

== By country ==

=== Iran ===
[[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|British]] colonialists appointed the [[Pahlavi dynasty]] to control [[Imperial State of Iran|Iran]]'s oil supply. The last shah, [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]] was [[Iranian Revolution|overthrown in 1979]], and a new anti-imperialist government took power and executed the comprador capitalists in revolutionary courts.<ref name=":0" />

== References ==
[[Category:Imperialism]]
[[Category:Social class]]

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