Tuesday, April 17, 2012

The vultures that want to bring Argentina to its knees

Click here to access article by Stéphanie Jacquemont from the Committee for the Abolition of Third World Debt. 
Argentina has recently been assaulted on several fronts. These attacks are related to the 2001 suspension of payment on its external debt and to cases brought against the country before the ICSID (International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes), the controversial World Bank arbitration tribunal.
One should have some background on sovereign debts and enforcement of repayment by international bodies to fully understand this article. I recommend reading Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins, The Blood Bankers by James Henry, and Super Imperialism: the Economic Strategy of American Empire by Michael Hudson.