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The next BRICS Summit will take place later this month, in Kazan, Russia, amidst the ongoing geopolitical turmoil, of war in Ukraine and Israel's recent atrocities in Gaza, the West Bank, and Lebanon, thereby intensifying regional tensions. Patrick Bond offers a valuable analysis that exposes the complicity of the BRICS+ regimes in their continued economic support of Israel. In another article, he exposes the exploitative character of investment, finance, and trade by Chinese corporations in Africa, especially Southern Africa’s extractive industries.
Breaking with Sri Lanka’s political tradition, the country elected its first left-wing president, Anura Kumara Dissanayake of the JVP party. B. Skanthakumar explains the changes and challenges the new president will face.
Amali Wedagedara explains the South Asian region's debt situation and the deliberate collective actions to overcome this crisis. Farooq Tariq provides an account of the rise of far-right in the region and the urgent necessity to fight against it.
CADTM welcomes the Mexican government's decision not to invite King Felipe VI of Spain to attend the inauguration ceremony of the newly elected president, Claudia Sheimbaum Pardo. In another piece, Eric Toussaint elucidates the 2022 popular uprising in Ecuador and draws parallels with previous rebellions across the continent and Europe. A review of Argentine economist Claudio Katz's latest book on Latin America helps us understand the predicament of the Latin American Left among China, the United States, late progressivism, and the far right.
On the 80th anniversary of the World Bank-IMF, we present a series of critical reviews of the two institutions, exposing their ‘gender equity’ farce, their failed campaign for a new image during the pandemic days, and debunking the myth about the omnipotence of the IMF.
We remind you about our invitation to the CADTM Europe autumn meetings on 4, 5, and 6 October 2024 in Liège (Belgium). Several members of the CADTM International network and partners (from India, Brazil, Cyprus, Mali, Morocco, Ivory Coast, the DRC, Cameroon, Togo, Mexico, Burkina Faso, Switzerland, Germany, France, Netherlands and Spain) will be joining us for the occasion. We condemn the Belgian authorities’ refusal of visas for two Cameroonian comrades and another Pakistani comrade.
Also read articles about China, Austria, Palestine & Lebanon, Algeria, and others.
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