Press releases
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Moratorium on Tunisian debt: an urgency for the people of Tunisia
4 April 2011 - by CADTM, Gabi Zimmer, Marie-Christine Vergiat
Press release of Marie-Christine Vergiat (Front de Gauche) and Gabi Zimmer (Die Linke) MEPs and of the CADTM (Committee for the Abolition of the Third World Debt) Following a meeting held in the European parliament in Brussels organised by the (...) -
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CADTM rejoices at the failure of the coup in Ecuador
2 October 2010 - by CADTM
CADTM rejoiced at the failure of the attempted coup in Ecuador and supports popular mobilisation to stand up for social and democratic advances. On Thursday 30 September an attempted coup failed in Ecuador. A significant portion of the (...) -
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CADTM denounces the attempted coup in Ecuador and supports popular mobilization to defend democratic and social progress
1 October 2010 - by CADTM
On Thursday 30 September an attempted coup took place in Ecuador. Rebel units of the national police abducted president Rafael Correa after he urged policemen to accept the law on public services which had been adopted at its first reading by (...) -
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Support to the Greek people’s resistance against the dictatorship of creditors !
5 May 2010 - by CADTM International
The new austerity plan released on Sunday 2 May is a disaster for the Greek population: for workers in the private as well as the public sector, retired people, or the unemployed, i.e. those deprived of a job. Here are some of the measures it (...) -
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Greece: the CADTM condemns an austerity plan that entails major social regression
6 March 2010 - by CADTM
The Greek government has announced the implementation of an austerity plan which has the blessing of both the EU and the IMF. But in the view of CADTM, the measures it contains are wholly unacceptable. What the Greek government presents as a (...) -
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CADTM demands that Pakistan must immediately suspend the reimbursement of the debt to face the crisis
7 July 2009 - by CADTM
Almost a year ago in August 2008, Pakistan was at the brink of a default. Its foreign exchange reserves were hitting the rock bottom of $4 billion, depleting rapidly in the range of $250 to $330 million weekly, which were hardly sufficient to (...) -
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Movements And Social Organizations From Latin American And The World Release Open Letter On The Creation Of The South Bank
8 December 2007
Coinciding with the signing on December 9, in Buenos Aires, of the South Bank’s Founding Act, hundreds of social movements, networks, organizations and personalities from throughout Latin America and the world are presenting to the Presidents of (...) -
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Pakistan: CADTM condemns the state of emergency declared by Pervez Musharraf, for too long supported by the major powers and the World Bank
6 November 2007
On Saturday 3 November 2007, Pakistan’s president Pervez Musharraf declared a state of emergency and ordered widespread repressive measures against the numerous opponents of his regime. Several activists for democracy in CADTM’s Pakistan branch (...) -
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As Dominique Strauss-Kahn takes up his post in Washington, CADTM demands full acknowledgement of the consequences of IMF operations since its creation
31 October 2007
Today, November 1 2007, Dominique Strauss-Kahn takes up his post as managing director of the the IMF after a long, skilfully orchestrated process: nomination by Nicolas Sarkozy in order to further weaken political opposition in France; swift (...) -
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Ecuador: CADTM hails the victory of Rafael Correa’s party in the election for the constituent assembly
8 October 2007
Within less than a year Rafael Correa has won four election battles (the two rounds of the presidential elections at the end of 2006, a referendum on the election of a constituant assembly in April 2007, and elections of the constituent assembly (...) -
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The CADTM demands radically different choices for the IMF and disavows the appointment of any managing director who would proceed with current policies
12 July 2007
With each new resignation at the helm of the IMF or of the WB (and these are increasingly frequent: Köhler in 2004, Wolfowitz in 2007, De Rato in 2007), the issue of the famous tacit agreement that the WB’s Chair should go to the US and the IMF’s (...) -
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CADTM finds the G8 announcements pathetic and denounces the fierce repression peaceful demonstrators fell victims to
9 June 2007
CADTM finds the G8 announcements pathetic and denounces the fierce repression peaceful demonstrators fell victims to Year after year the G8 has been content with empty announcements those countries have no intention to put into practice while (...) -
2 Years After Gleneagles Promises on Debt, Vulture Funds Undermining G8 Debt Deal
6 June 2007
Jubilee Zambia * Jubilee USA Network * Jubilee South * Erlassjahr.de * Jubilee Australia * Eurodad * Afrodad * Oil Change International * PAPDA * CADTM Campaigners Demand Immediate G8 Action to Declare Vulture Fund Profiteering Illegal (...) -
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CADTM takes satisfaction from the Belgian Senate’s adoption of a resolution cancelling the debt of developing countries and urges the government to implement it
3 April 2007
The resolution cancelling the debt of the Least Developed Countries (LCD) adopted by the Belgian Senate on 29 March 2007 with a majority of 34 votes to 29 represents a major advance in several respects. The resolution calls for the Belgian (...) -
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CADTM denounces the exponential enrichment of the few while the fundamental rights of billions go unheeded
13 March 2007
Forbes magazine has just published its annual list of the world’s richest individuals, and CADTM cannot remain silent in the face of the out-and-out scandal that lies behind these figures. According to Forbes, there are currently 946 (...) -
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CADTM refuses Jacques Chirac the right to proclaim himself the defender of the African people when he is actually one of its gravediggers
16 February 2007
The French president, speaking at the Africa-France summit currently being held in Cannes, once again showed a particularly inappropriate lyricism. A choice declaration was: “I love Africa, its territories, its people, its cultures”, followed by: (...) -
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CADTM supports the general strike of the Guinean people and denounces the repression orchestrated by the illegitimate power of Lansana Conte
14 February 2007
CADTM supports the general strike of the Guinean people and denounces the repression orchestrated by the illegitimate power of Lansana Conte. On Monday 12 February 2007, the general strike calling for the departure of Guinean president Lansana (...) -
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Lebanon: the Committee for the Abolition of Third World Debt (CADTM) opposes the false solutions proposed by the Paris Conference
5 February 2007
On Thursday January 25 a third meeting of the world’s richest countries took place with great pomp in Paris in order to find funds for Lebanon. By giving hundreds of billion dollars, France and the United States claim to help this country that is (...) -
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The Future of the WSF after Nairobi
29 January 2007
The 7th WSF ended on 25 January in the Kenyan capital. It was followed by a two-day meeting of the International Council (IC), a decision-making body consisting of about one hundred organizations from all continents. After a first contradictory (...) -
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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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