Press releases
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Press release from the CADTM international network
7th World Social Forum: the African challenge
19 January 2007
With the 7th edition of the World Social Forum about to take place from 20 to 25 January in Kenya, all eyes are on Africa. Following the success of the polycentric WSF of Bamako in bringing about a convergence of regional social movements, it is (...) -
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The CADTM acclaims the people of Ecuador for electing Rafael Correa as president
28 November 2006
The CADTM congratulates the people of Ecuador for their choice of the left-wing candidate, Rafael Correa, as president, rather than his opponent, the billionaire banana tycoon, Alvaro Noboa, shown on television handing out dollars to voters (...) -
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CADTM applauds Norway’s initiative concerning the cancellation of odious debt and calls on all creditor countries to go even further
10 October 2006
Norway recently acknowledged its responsibility in the illegitimate indebtedness of five countries - Ecuador, Egypt, Jamaica, Peru, Sierra Leone - and decided to unilaterally cancel part of its claims on these countries (amounting to euro 62 (...) -
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CADTM urges all developing countries to turn down the G8 injunctions
16 July 2006
The two measures that emerged from the 2005 G8 summit no longer delude anyone as they turned out to be no more than empty promises: a debt cancellation for poor countries and more aid for Africa. Actually those countries’ predicament is getting (...) -
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Prevent A Man-Made Disaster: Cancel Indonesia’s Debt
23 June 2006
Jubilee USA press release: Indonesia Requires Debt Cancellation to Rebuild after Earthquake. -
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Committee for the Abolition of Third World Debt calls for the end of the Paris Club
15 May 2006 - by CADTM France
Paris, AFP (France Press Agency) - In a communiqué Monday, the Committee for the Abolition of Third World Debt (CADTM) called for the “absolute suppression” of the Paris Club, a “true institutional anomaly” that celebrates its fiftieth birthday on (...) -
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The CADTM appalled by World Bank’s empty promises on debt
31 March 2006
Nine months after the much-trumpeted announcement in London by the G8 (eight most industrialised countries), the World Bank has only just revealed its mode of cancelling the debt owed to it by some 17 heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC). The (...) -
The International Observatory of the Debt is launched in Brussels
19 October 2005 - by OID-IDO
On Monday 10th October, the International Observatory of the Debt (IOD), was launched at Parliament House in Brussels, Belgium. African, Asian and Latin-American representatives were present, as were anti-debt campaign-leaders, social and (...) -
CADTM’s contribution to preparing the Havana meeting (28-30 Sept 2005)
28 August 2005 - by CADTM
This is the initial contribution of the CADTM to the discussion to prepare the GLOBAL STRATEGY MEETING ON RESISTANCE AND ALTERNATIVES TO EXTERNAL, SOCIAL, AND ECOLOGICAL DEBT, in Havana, Cuba, September 28-30, 2005. During the 5th World Social (...) -
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The CADTM demands urgent measures to save a starving and indebted Niger
27 August 2005 - by CADTM
It is a well-known fact that the people of Niger are hungry. Several million lives are under threat from famine, for which the climate and locusts are far from being the only ones to blame. If the international financial institutions are to (...) -
September 28 - 30, 2005 - Havana, Cuba
Call for a South-North Consultation: Resistances and Alternatives to Debt Domination
13 August 2005 - by Jubilee South
The majority of countries in Africa and the rest of the South are hamstrung by debt, by the IMF. It is a heavy burden, a trap. The conditions and policies of the World Bank and the IMF are to enable countries to pay debt not to develop. That is (...) -
Debt campaigners expose flaws in G8 debt proposals
5 July 2005 - by Collective
Campaigners from five continents gathered in Edinburgh are saying that the G8 debt relief proposals do not go far enough and have strings attached. Under pressure from campaigners the G8 has tabled a new debt cancellation proposal. (...) -
Sign-on Letter for Wolfowitz’s First Day as President of World Bank
27 May 2005 - by Collective
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Initial considerations of the international fact-finding and solidarity mission to Haiti
12 April 2005 - by Collective
The International Fact-finding and Solidarity Mission to Haiti, headed by Argentine Nobel Peace Laureate Adolfo Pérez Esquivel and Nora Cortiñas of the Mothers of the May Square-Founders’ Line and composed of 20 representatives of social, cultural, (...) -
From Wolfensohn to Wolfowitz - The Imperial Wolf Shows its Teeth
6 April 2005 - by Jubilee South
Other members of the G8 along with the so-called “donors” might pretend to be scandalized at the selection, but the real scandal are the policies and practices of the World Bank/ Washington Consensus of which they too form a part. Without a (...) -
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International fact-finding and solidarity mission to Haïti
4 April 2005 - by Jubilee South
Argentine Nobel Peace Laureate Adolfo Pérez Esquivel and Nora Cortiñas of the Mothers of May Square-Founders’ Line, will head up an INTERNATIONAL FACT-FINDING AND SOLIDARITY MISSION TO HAITI, April 3 to 9. The Mission’s goal is to investigate the (...) -
Immediate and unconditional debt cancellation for tsunami-affected countries and all South peoples!
4 April 2005 - by Freedom from Debt Coalition
Press Statement On the occasion of the 112th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly, the Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC) and the Jubilee South call on all delegates, their parliaments and governments to seriously take into account the (...) -
Wolwofitz to World Bank?! - Critics amazed
21 March 2005 - by The 50 Years Is Enough Network
Maybe Worst Possible Choice; Global Opposition to Selection “The Ball is in the Europeans’ Court” Two hours ago, President Bush announced his nomination of Paul Wolfowitz, currently Assistant Secretary of Defense, to be the next President of the (...) -
Statement in response to nomination of Paul Wolfowitz to head World Bank
21 March 2005 - by Social Justice Committee
Social Justice Committee asks Canadian government to oppose nomination of Paul Wolfowitz to presidency of World Bank Montreal -16 March 2005 - Following today’s announcement that US Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz is the Bush (...) -
Statement in response to nomination of Paul Wolfowitz to head World Bank
21 March 2005 - by Essential Action
STATEMENT OF ROBERT WEISSMAN, DIRECTOR, ESSENTIAL ACTION, IN RESPONSE TO NOMINATION OF PAUL WOLFOWITZ TO HEAD WORLD BANK Unless the Bush administration’s intention is to speed up efforts to shut down and replace the World Bank altogether, it is (...)
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