(August 18, 2000) According to prominent Indonesian analyst Jeffrey Winters, it’s time for American authorities to investigate Freeport-McMoRan’s alleged payoffs to General Suharto and his cronies.
Irregularities in the Three Gorges bidding procedures
(August 17, 2000) Guangzhou-based Southern Weekend reports that there are irregularities in the bidding procedures for Three Gorges dam.
Rallying against big dam projects
(August 15, 2000) Demonstrators outside the Pakistani Embassy in Washington protest the Kalabagh Dam project.
India project shows risks of intervening, despite sound goals
(August 14, 2000) “World Bank officials concede that, once again, one of their massive Third World investments has exacted a severe toll on citizens whose lives ultimately were supposed to have been made better by economic development.”
Viable only by monopoly!
In this letter to the editor, Grainne Ryder challenges the viability of the Chalillo dam.
Landmark court ruling condemns Argentina’s illegitimate debt
(August 8, 2000) An unprecedented judicial ruling from the Argentine courts has condemned the illegitimate origins of a substantial portion of external debt amassed during the military period from 1976 to 1983.
A warning to despots everywhere
(August 8, 2000) It has been a bad week for former dictators.
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.
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