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CADTM International Council | Day 2 | A global overview of political, social and economic situations

30 October 2024 - by CADTM International, Sushovan Dhar, Omar Aziki, Broulaye Bagayoko, Maxime Perriot, Veronica Carrillo Ortega

Tuesday, October 8, 2024, marked the second day of the CADTM network’s international council. On the agenda: the political, economic and social situation, and the state of struggles in sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, South (…)
The Latin American Left amid China, the United States, late progressivism and the far Right

24 September 2024 - by Eric Toussaint

Claudio Katz has just published a book in Spanish entitled America Latina en la encrucijada global [1] (Latin America at the Global Crossroads). Claudio Katz is a Marxist economist and professor at the University of Buenos Aires, author of some (…)
Oil palm in Latin America: monoculture and violence

11 April 2024 - by GRAIN

The global oil palm craze Oil palm plantations are rapidly gaining ground in Latin America, driving communities from their lands and causing deforestation, violence, and poverty. Global production of palm oil has increased by almost 600% (…)
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 (…)
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 books.
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 (…)
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 (…)
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 (…)
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 (…)