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According to a May, 2007 article in ''MotherJones'', Cassidy and Associates has worked hard to improve the image of [[Equatorial Guinea]]'s President [[Teodoro Obiang]]:

:"Since 2004, according to Department of Justice reports, Equatorial Guinea has paid Cassidy and Associates at least $120,000 per month to overhaul the country's image. At times, Cassidy almost functions as a shadow foreign ministry for Equatorial Guinea. One longtime Africa observer says that at a recent D.C. event, he saw Cassidy staffers flanking the Equatoguinean ambassador passing her notes throughout her speech. "She was literally in the hands of her handlers," he says. Cassidy has also helped set up a social development fund to channel the country's oil money into welfare projects: "Obiang is intent on improving the country," says [[Juan Carlos Benitez]], who is responsible for Cassidy's Equatorial Guinea account."<ref>Joshua Kurlantzick, "[http://www.motherjones.com/news/outfront/2007/05/extreme_makeover.html Putting Lipstick On A Dictator]", ''Mother Jones'', May 7, 2007.</ref>