John Perkins was a prominent member of the 'financial hitmen' team, who used fake financial reports, rigged elections, bribes, blackmail, military coups and assassinations to create global American Empire after the second world war. After a long internal struggle between guilt and the fear of truth, The Perkins apologizes in front of an angry audience in Ecuador.

Based on rare material, the documentary 'Apology of an Economic Hit Man' by Stelios Kouloglou presents the confession of the author John Perkins (“Confessions of an Economic Hit Man”, “The Secret History of the American Empire”), and sheds light on the unknown mechanisms used by the rulers of the modern world. The documentary was filmed in 2007, but it remains topical.