UN calls for debt relief as world reels under economic impact of COVID-19
As the crisis in the global economy deepens, international bodies and agencies are proposing debt restructuring plans for the developing economies. However, many creditors have been reluctant to accept the possibility
Pandemic exposes cracks in world order
Newsclick’s Prabir Purkayastha looks at the failure of the G20 leadership to arrive at any concrete plan to address the COVID-19 crisis.
Anti-Beijing protesters turn violent on Handover Day
Protesters broke into the Legislative Council and raised the flag of colonized Hong Kong, as the city was in the middle of celebrating the independence day commemoration
Leftist and progressive leaders address crisis of neoliberalism in Buenos Aires
Left-wing academics and politicians from across the world spoke at the forum, which served as the official opening to the 8th edition of the Latin American and Caribbean Conference of Social Sciences (CLACSO)
The IMF, the G20 and an Argentine disaster foretold
As Argentina prepares to host the G20 heads of state summit, it stares at a long period of social and economic crises that are likely to be the byproducts of IMF-dictated austerity policies implemented by president Mauricio Macri
Argentina at a tipping point
The past week in Argentina saw massive protests and the further devaluation of the Argentine peso, bringing the country closer to an economic crisis
- NUMSA embarks on strike at Macsteel against 20% cut in salaries
- US announces end of sanction waivers under nuclear deal to Iran
- Costa Rica becomes a first Central American country to legalize same-sex marriages
- Widespread outrage across the US, over the murder of George Lloyd by police
- UK tenants union calls for no homelessness and rent debt
