Generating Terror
Jubilee Debt Campaign’s new report examines the way that western-backed institutions, such as the World Bank, supported the government of Guatemala as it terrorised its own people in the late…
Indonesians paying £20 million for weapons used in repression
By 1 December 2012, the Indonesian people are due to pay the UK government £27 million. Of this, £20 million is for arms sales to past dictator General Suharto. In…
Scale of UK arms loans to dictators revealed for first time
Ed Davey may have misled parliament over Egypt's dictator debts
US court verdict on Argentine debt could cause chaos
A US court ruling in favour of vulture funds may force Argentina to either pay-up on unjust debt, or default on its loans to all creditors. In 2001 Argentina defaulted…
Ecuador to help Tunisia audit debt
The Tunisian government has asked Ecuador for advice on conducting an audit into debts inherited from the Ben Ali regime. The Ecuador government will be sending a mission to Tunisia…
Egypt blog 3: Who will pay the price?
Spent the day at the brilliant conference which looked at ‘who will pay the price’ for decisions to pay Mubarak’s debt and take Egypt down the so-called ‘free market’ economic…
Egypt blog 2: What should Egypt ‘swap’ for Mubarak’s debts?
Today we’re taking part in a conference organised by activists from the Drop Egypt’s Debt Campaign, a campaign which is rapidly growing in profile. The campaign has just issued a…
Egypt blog 1: You Do Have A Choice
It’s an appropriate time for a group of debt campaigners to arrive in Egypt – the headlines are dominated by a potential loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for…
IMF negotiating loan with Egypt
Protests against conditions and usury. The Egyptian government has announced it is in negotiations with the IMF on a $4.8 billion loan. The loan is likely to be disbursed over…
Pakistan parliament to investigate country’s debt
Pakistan’s National Assembly is to form a committee to investigate the country’s debt. Both government and opposition have agreed a bipartisan investigation which will look into the benefits and costs…
