(August 8, 2000) It has been a bad week for former dictators.
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Tribunal condena deuda ilegítima argentina
(August 7, 2000) Debajo encontraran la correspondencia recibida por el hijo de Alejandro Olmos y por Hector Seoane, Secretario General del Foro de la Deuda Externa/FORDEX, de la sentencia que dicto el Tribunal Federal de Argentina el viernes 14 de julio sobre la ilegitimidad de la deuda externa argentina durante la dictadura militar: 1976-1983. El juicio ha sido iniciado por Alejandro Olmos 18 anos atras. Esta victoria le pertenece mas que nada a el y a los que creyeron y le apoyaron en su lucha.
The Doctrine of ‘Odious Debts’
(August 2000) Does international law provide a remedy to instances where debts are contracted for purposes of committing recognised international wrongful acts? A contemporary case of the Apartheid Debts
Ma Jun: The man who would save the people’s water
(August 4, 2000) It’s safe to say that if you put Ma Jun’s face on a billboard in Beijing next to basketball star Yao Ming or screen beauty Ziyi Zhang, your average passerby wouldn’t have a clue who Ma is.
How good it is to see genocidal and corrupt dictators brought to justice
(August 4, 2000) The Indonesian attorney-general brought charges of corruption yesterday against former president Suharto.
Suharto charged with corruption
(August 4, 2000) Disgraced, thrown from power, then made a prisoner in his own home, Indonesia’s former president Suharto faced further humiliation yesterday when prosecutors charged him with stealing $210-million in state funds.
Fortis dam will destroy rare habitat and wildlife
Grainne Ryder argues for better alternatives to Fortis’ Belizean hydro scheme.
PRESS RELEASE: Compensation for EDC-financed dam falls short for Colombia’s indigenous communities
(August 2, 2000) Citizens’ groups, including Probe International, are pressing the dam’s international financiers – Canada’s Export Development Corporation (EDC) among them – to share responsibility for damages caused by the Urr I dam.
EDC’s role in telecom exports
(August 1, 2000) For an ECA with probably the most commercial reputation in the business, the Export Development Corporation is remarkably unfazed by the changes occurring amongst its peers. The last twelve months, however, have demonstrated the advantage that the ability to act as an arranger has in supporting domestic exporters.
Hydro-electricity project threatens Belize wildlife
(July 28, 2000) Conservation groups question the necessity of the proposed Chalillo Dam, citing concerns over the project’s impact on the environment.
Hydro-electricity project threatens Belize wildlife
Conservation groups question the necessity of the proposed Chalillo Dam, citing concerns over the project’s impact on the environment.
Archbishop issues urgent call to stop servicing debt
(July 26, 2000) Anglican Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane has issued an urgent call to the world’s highly indebted poor countries (HIPC) to close ranks and refuse to service their debt to the G-8 countries.
Protesters jumping the gun: Fortis
Conservation groups dispute Fortis, Inc’s assessment of the proposed hydrolectric project in Belize. The head of Fortis Inc. says conservation groups are uniformed and jumping the gun when condemning a proposed hydro project in Central America. Probe International, a Toronto-based citizen’s group investigating the economic and environmental effects of Canadian aid and companies in developing countries, came out this week against a proposed hydro project in central Belize, claiming it will destroy one of the last undisturbed wildlife habitats in Central America.
‘Too little, too late’ from govt
(July 26, 2000) Thai Cabinet agrees with PI’s position that the World Bank-financed Pak Mun Dam, completed in 1994, should open its gates as a first step in restoring the river’s fisheries.
Support for dam protesters grows
(July 25, 2000) Opponents of the Pak Mun Dam pressure the Thai government to resolve environmental, social, and financial debates.
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