Latin America
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It is time to do justice to former slaves
22 février 2023 - par Hilary Beckles
Stand Up to Racism Dorset - meeting Join the call for justice for slavery - reparations now ! Time’s Up, Richard Drax Wednesday 1 March, 7.30pm The Dorford Centre, Bridport Road, Dorchester DT1 1RR Speakers : David Denny, Caribbean Movement for (...) -
Mexico: Oaxaca Declaration against illegitimate debt (April 2022)
6 June 2022 - by National Promorora for the Suspension of Public Debt Repayment
Starting April 26, 2022, various activities were carried out in different parts of Mexico by the COMMITTEE FOR THE ABOLITION OF ILLEGITIMATE DEBT, in coordination with the NATIONAL PROMOTORA FOR THE SUSPENSION OF PUBLIC DEBT REPAYMENT, and the (...) -
A century of debt crises in Latin America : from independence to the Great Depression, 1820-1930
24 January 2022 - by Carlos Marichal
CADTM is very happy to make accessible on this site one of the most important books dedicated to the history of the Latin American debt crises from 1820 to 1930. We thank Carlos Marichal, the author, for allowing us to publish a number of his (...) -
Latin America
Report on Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) for the CADTM World Assembly, Dakar, 13 -16 November 2021
23 December 2021 - by CADTM AYNA
Synthesis based on the responses received on the following questionnaire, from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Haiti, Uruguay and Venezuela. The most important element in the political, economic and social situation in Latin America and the (...) -
The North’s New Debt Trap for the South
Latin America and the Caribbean are facing a serious debt crisis
3 May 2021 - by Eric Toussaint, Milan Rivié
In the previous three parts we have observed the evolution of the DCs’ external debt over the last twenty years. The first part shows a dramatic increase of indebtedness, which multiplied by 2.5 with a steep acceleration from 2008 onward. The (...) -
Latin America has once again entered a period of strong social and political turbulence
13 April 2021 - by Franck Gaudichaud
Franck Gaudichaud recently wrote and coordinated two collective works drawing a critical assessment of “progressive” political attempts to challenge neoliberal hegemony in Latin America. In this interview, he considers the social and political (...) -
Report on the International Situation and the activities of CADTM International since May 2020
1 December 2020 - by Eric Toussaint, CADTM International, Jean Nanga, Christine Vanden Daelen, Sushovan Dhar, Maria Elena Saludas, Omar Aziki, Rémi Vilain
This report was presented by Éric Toussaint at the biannual meetings of CADTM Belgium on Tuesday 17 November 2020. The text was completed in the annexes by an addendum on the action of the coordination of feminist struggles written by Christine (...) -
President Trump’s man elected to head the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
17 September 2020 - by Ariela Ruiz Caro
Failures in the region’s coordination have allowed President Trump’s candidate to easily win the election of the IDB presidency despite the violation of the institution’s rules. In an expeditious process, on September 12, Mauricio Claver-Carone (...) -
Amazon at heart
1 September 2020 - by Christophe Aguiton
The first World Assembly for the Amazon, held on 18 and 19 July, was a remarkable success. Because of the importance of the Amazon for the future of the planet (climate, biodiversity...) and the symbolic power of the struggles and alternatives (...) -
The conservative offensive and the return of class war in Latin America
16 December 2019 - by Franck Gaudichaud, Antoine Pelletier
Several countries in Latin America are currently experiencing very powerful class conflicts and extremely violent repression on the part of reactionary forces and the state. The following report is an overview by Franck Gaudichaud on the (...) -
In memory of Paulino Nuñez
8 April 2019 - by CADTM
Paulino Nuñez was an active member of the Venezuelan anti-debt network, the CADTM (Committee for the Abolition of Illegitimate Debt) and of CADTM-AYNA (Abya Yala/Nuestra America the CADTM Latin America and Caribbean network). He was an untiring (...) -
Conflicts between Latin American Countries and Transnational Corporations
10 August 2018 - by Jorge Marchini, Josefina Morales, Gabriela Roffinelli
Political positions and laws on foreign investment have been polarized into two opposing perspectives. On the one hand, there is the assumption that foreign direct investment (FDI) is essential for the economies of peripheral countries to take a (...) -
International Women’s Day Declaration, 2018
1 March 2018 - by World March of Women
On the 8th of March2018, International Women’s Day, we from the World March of Women, diverse women from all peoples, races and ages, come together once again to reaffirm that we will keep marching until we are all free from all the oppression (...) -
Interview published by Le Monde
Latin America: 200 years of the infernal cycle of debt
23 November 2017 - by Eric Toussaint, Marie Charrel
Eric Toussaint, of the CADTM (Committee for the Abolition of Illegitimate Debt), explains the difficulties encountered by States overly dependent on raw materials. With a PhD in Political Science and speaking for CADTM international, Eric (...) -
Venezuela: Resolution of the Continental Assembly of the CADTM AYNA (Latin America and Caribbean)
9 May 2017 - by CADTM AYNA
Resolution of the Continental Assembly of the Committee for the Abolition of Illegitimate Debt - Abya Yala Nuestra América (CADTM AYNA / Latin America and Caribbean) on the situation in Venezuela During its 2017 Continental Assembly, held in (...) -
How TIAA Funds Environmental Disaster in Latin America
6 February 2017 - by Linda Farthing
Pension fund giant TIAA is investing its clients’ funds in farmland and agribusinesses tied to environmental and human rights abuses in Latin America. If you are in U.S. academic, research, medical, or cultural fields, your assets are likely (...) -
Part 4 of the interview “History of the CADTM’s anti-debt Policies”
From Dashed Hopes to Success in Ecuador: the examples of South Africa, Brazil, Paraguay and Ecuador
25 August 2016 - by Eric Toussaint, Benjamin Lemoine
Interview with Eric Toussaint, spokesperson and co-founder of the international network of the Committee for the Abolition of Illegitimate Debt (CADTM). Interview by Benjamin Lemoine. This interview presents the genealogy of the anti-debt (...) -
External financial fragility in Latin America and its implications
1 August 2016 - by Daniel Munevar
To talk about external financial fragilities in Latin America is to evoke the memories of the 80’s debt crisis. The stigma that remains to this day identifies high levels of external public debt as the main source of financial instability for the (...) -
The International Context of Global Outrage (in 5 parts)
28 July 2016 - by Eric Toussaint
We publish in a single block a series of articles written by Eric Toussaint [1] late 2011 - early 2012 which deals with the international context of global outrage. The text traces the milestones of the altermondialist movement between the early (...) -
Simón Bolívar in the Debt Labyrinth
20 July 2016 - by Eric Toussaint
From the start of the struggle for independence, Simón Bolívar, like other independentist leaders, launched a policy of internal indebtedness (which ended up benefiting the local ruling class) and external indebtedness toward Britain and its (...) -
How Debt and Free Trade Subordinated Independent Latin America
28 June 2016 - by Eric Toussaint
Contrary to the dominant narrative, the 19th century Latin American debt crises did not cause the difficulties experienced by the Northern banks and other creditors. The truth is that, from the beginning the debt crises were caused by the (...) -
How the South paid for the Northern crises and for its own subjugation
20 June 2016 - by Eric Toussaint
The debt crises in the periphery and the crises of the central capitalist countries are joint means to subordinate States to their creditors’ will. From Latin America to China, Greece, Tunisia, Egypt and the Ottoman Empire, the ruling classes (...) -
In the context of the CADTM network’s Global Assembly held in Tunis
CADTM AYNA appeals to the Venezuelan government to set up a Citizens’ Debt Audit and offers its support
12 May 2016 - by CADTM AYNA
Tunis, 30th April 2016 - An appeal to facilitate implementation of a Public Citizens’ Debt Audit and to guarantee transparency in public funds was approved by the Latin-American continental meeting of the Committee for the Abolition of (...) -
Towards an integral framework for debt management: Lessons from Latin America to Europe (Part II)
8 May 2016 - by Daniel Munevar
The first part of this presentation dealt with the parallels between the Latin American debt crisis of the 1980’s and the current crisis in Europe. In this second part of the discussion I will attempt to develop a series of ideas on how to think (...) -
PRESS RELEASE, Paris May 4th, 2016
Nuit Debout International Meeting on May 7th, 2016, 8th in Paris
4 May 2016 - by NuitDebout
NUIT DEBOUT INTERNATIONAL MEETING on May 7th & 8th in Paris, Place de la République, and #GLOBALDEBOUT mobilisations worldwide on May 15th, 2016. Together, we are an immense force! Let’s gather together on May 7th & 8th to rise up (...)
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