Ruto won an election almost two years ago on a platform of championing Kenya's working poor, but has been caught between the competing demands of lenders such as the International Monetary Fund, which is urging the government to cut deficits to access more funding, and a hard-pressed population.

Very interesting!

  • Autonomarx [he/him]
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    5 months ago

    See Correa, Rafael:

    https://www.cadtm.org/Ecuador-s-poisoned-loans-from-the-World-Bank-and-the-IMF

    • barrbaric [he/him]
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      5 months ago

      Interesting, so according to the articles there was no substantive backlash from the IMF/World Bank, though Lula's Brazil did exert enough pressure that they gave in on that specific bilateral debt. Still, the takeaway seems to be that it's definitely viable.

      Out of curiosity, it claims that's a 3-part series but I can't find part 3. You know if it exists?

      • Autonomarx [he/him]
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        5 months ago

        Sorry I have no clue whether or not it exists or not. It might be on the French side of the internet because the author is French, but I'm not sure.