The Structural Adjustment Stranglehold: Debt and Underdevelopment in the Americas

The Structural Adjustment Stranglehold: Debt and Underdevelopment in the Americas

In the early 1970s, following Richard Nixon's removal of the U.S. dollar from its gold and silver backing and the
Doing Bottle Against the Debt

Doing Bottle Against the Debt

In the wake of the "debt crisis" of the early 1980s, creditor institutions put Third World debtors through a series
The Neoliberal World Order: The View from the Highlands of Guatemala

The Neoliberal World Order: The View from the Highlands of Guatemala

It had been a productive morning so far. The family I was helping had picked close to 200 pounds of
Debt, Drugs and Democracy: An Interview with Noam Chomsky

Debt, Drugs and Democracy: An Interview with Noam Chomsky

Noam Chomsky was interviewed in his office by María Luisa Mendonça on March 12, 1999. María Luisa Mendonça: How do
Guatemala's Tenous Peace

Guatemala’s Tenous Peace

On December 29, 1996, the "Firm and Lasting Peace" Agreement was signed between the Government of Guatemala and the Guatemalan
Global Finance in the Americas: Wealth and Hunger Revisited

Global Finance in the Americas: Wealth and Hunger Revisited

Over the course of the 1980s, following Mexico's 1982 debt moratorium and the subsequent inability of many other Southern nations
A Conversation with the Dictator's Daughter

A Conversation with the Dictator’s Daughter

SANTIAGO—Many years ago, in the early 1980s, Lucía Pinochet telephoned me to invite me to her office for coffee. I
The Failing of the International Financial Architecture

The Failing of the International Financial Architecture

The extraordinary rise of global finance has been the single most outstanding economic development in the last quarter of this
Fujimori vs. the Inter-American Court

Fujimori vs. the Inter-American Court

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights, a bunch of pro-terrorists? That is what President Alberto Fujimori would have his fellow
Indigenous Communities Caught in the Crossfire

Indigenous Communities Caught in the Crossfire

This past March, three U.S. indigenous rights activists, Ingrid Washinawatok, Lahe'ena'e Gay and Terence Freitas, were kidnapped and later killed
Austerity and Disorder In the Andes

Austerity and Disorder In the Andes

"Now," says Carmen Delgado, "there's nothing left." After 30 years as a home-based piece worker, Carmen finally managed to raise
A Beginner's Guide to Multilateral Lending in the 1990s

A Beginner’s Guide to Multilateral Lending in the 1990s

In July 1944, as the war in Europe drew to a close, delegates from 44 nations met in Bretton Woods,