Twenty years ago today, Haiti’s first democratically-elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, was removed from power and forced into exile by French and US soldiers in the presence of the US ambassador.

Haiti's unelected prime minister Ariel Henry says he will resign after months of unrest, with a transitional council to take over. Haitian American scholar Jemima Pierre says it's unlikely to end the crisis as long as the U.S. and others continue interfering in Haitian affairs.

Analysis of World Bank and OECD figures shows that countries in the global south are likely to pay out USD 50 billion more in 2024 than they receive in grants and loans.

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Join us on May 1st to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the #NewInternationalEconomicOrder
Let's discuss #DebtCancellation , worker solidarity, and need for transformation in the global economic system.
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#CancelDebt #DebtforClimate #ReviveNIEO

Join us, Debt for Climate & this amazing lineup of speakers to explore how to break the chains of financial and #Debt colonialism on #LabourDay

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⏰1pm UTC
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The Global South now repays more in debt than it gets in grants & loans. This is beyond all reason.
devex.com/news/global-so…

Spain becomes latest official bilateral creditor to approve debt pause clauses in its loans to sovereigns from FIEM and FONPRODE for climate, health and food crises lamoncloa.gob.es/consejodeminis…

🔴Today at United Nations the negotiations for #UNTaxConvention begin!
We want govs to ensure their #TaxSystems are fully aligned with their global commitments, incl on:
✅ #HumanRights
✅Public Services
✅Reducing #inequalities
✅Stopping global environmental crises
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👏👏 Great to see such high level support for the Sovereign #Debt Stability Act — a key legislative initiative in New York, designed to protect the most vulnerable around the world from abusive and unfair lending practices!

#Debt Justice

LIVE FROM #FFD Tetet Nera-Lauron Iolanda Fresnillo Emilia Reyes

🔴Es fundamental que se establezca un marco legal sobre la #deuda soberana en United Nations con el fin de proporcionar una resolución de deuda de forma transparente, vinculante e integral.

#FfD4 #NacionesUnidas

Iolanda Fresnillo “Once the public is agitated then the political immediately wakes up and politicians need to start giving answers…” Jason Rosario Braganza speaking about the chain reactions needed around #DebtJustice mobilization prior to #FfD4 #FfDForum #Fin4Dev #FinancingOurFuture #GlobalGoals

Are you tired of the financial anarchy prevailing internationally? It's time for the Wild West to put an end to it! Let's take a stand together and work towards a fair and just financial system.

Join Tetet Nera-Lauron , Emilia Reyes & Iolanda Fresnillo to unpack the #FfDForum

'EU policymakers might just reflect that exploitative imperialism is a traditional European value too, and that what looks like progressive principle in Brussels can come across as hypocritical coercion on the receiving end' ft.com/content/d67665…

Avui fa 50 anys, a aquesta hora, passats 20 minuts de la mitjanit, Radio Renascença emetia la cançó 'Grândola Vila Morena' de l'estimat Zeca Afonso. Era el senyal esperat per a que arrenqués la revolució dels clavells. Més abrils. 🇵🇹 #opovoèquemaisordena
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🔵Latindadd at the panel ' #FFD4 : Time for Ambition for a multilateral legal framework on debt under the aegis of the #UN ' of the Civil Society Financing for Development Mechanism's Side Events at the UN ECOSOC President 2024 #FfDForum
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📌APMDD
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Well done! Colleagues Iolanda Fresnillo and Jason Rosario Braganza and Rodolfo Bejarano from Civil Society Financing for Development Mechanism calling on #FfD2024 to agree on a #Debt legal framework United Nations, including the establishment of a #Debt Workout Mechanism to provide debt resolution in a transparent, binding & comprehensive

'We have outsourced public problems to profit seeking entities and are absconding our role as agents of change and transformation. The evidence is clear, Markets cannot and will not solve the socio-economic challenges facing our world.' - Jason Rosario Braganza at the #FfDForum #FfD2024

The regional Debt networks from LA, Asia, Africa and Europe at the #FfD Forum LATINDADD @Apmdd Afrodad Eurodad