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<p align="left"><b><span lang="es-ar"><font size="2" face="Arial">English</font></span></b><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="es-ar"> <font size="2" face="Arial">versi</font></span></b><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="es-ar"><font size="2" face="Arial">o</font></span></b><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="es-ar"><font size="2" face="Arial">n</font></span></b><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="es-ar"><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></span></b><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="es-ar"> <font size="2" face="Arial">below</font></span></b><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="es-ar"></span></b></p>
<p align="left"><b><span lang="es-ar"><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Arial">DOSSIER DE PRENSA N°1 - 10 de Octubre de 2008- </font></span></b></p>
<p align="left"><b><span lang="es-ar"><font size="4" face="Arial">Preparativos en todo el mundo por la Semana de Acción Global Contra la Deuda y las Instituciones Financieras Internacionales.</font></span></b></p>
<p align="justify"><span lang="es-ar"><font face="Arial">Ciento de redes y organizaciones de todo el mundo se movilizarán del</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="es-ar"> <font face="Arial">12 al 19 de Octubre</font></span></b><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es-ar"> <font face="Arial">y llevarán adelante diversas actividades durante la</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="es-ar"> <font face="Arial">Semana de Acción Global contra la Deuda y las Instituciones Financieras Internacionales (IFIs).</font></span></b></p>
<p align="justify"><span lang="es-ar"><font face="Arial">Más de 200 redes, movimientos y organizaciones globales, continentales y nacionales de</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="es-ar"> <font face="Arial">Asia y el Pacífico, África, América Latina y el Caribe, Europa</font></span></b><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es-ar"><font face="Arial"> y</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="es-ar"> <font face="Arial">América del Norte</font></span></b><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es-ar"> <font face="Arial">ya han firmado el "</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="es-ar"><font face="Arial">Llamado de Acción a la Semana Global"</font></span></b><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es-ar"> <font face="Arial">exigiendo la anulación incondicional e inmediata de la deuda ilegítima, el fin de las condicionalidades de las IFIs como el FMI, el Banco Mundial y los Bancos Regionales de Desarrollo y el pago de la deuda ecológica a los países del Sur. </font></span></p>
<p align="justify"><span lang="es-ar"><font face="Arial">El hambre en el mundo y el creciente impacto del cambio climático son dramáticos síntomas del problema persistente de la dominación de la deuda. Es en este contexto que la segunda edición de la</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="es-ar"> <font face="Arial">Semana de Acción</font></span></b><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es-ar"><font face="Arial"> pondrá especial atención sobre dos demandas:</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="es-ar"> <font face="Arial">la soberanía alimentaria y financiera y la justicia climática y económica</font></span></b><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es-ar"><font face="Arial">. Las deudas que se utilizaron para proyectos perjudiciales o para imponer políticas que provocaron las actuales crisis alimentaria, climática y de crédito, no deben pagarse bajo ninguna circunstancia.</font></span></p>
<p align="justify"><span lang="es"><font face="Trebuchet MS">Las organizaciones convocan a todas las personas a movilizarse y a desafiar a las IFIs, a las empresas transnacionales</font><font face="Trebuchet MS"> y a los gobiernos (del Norte o del Sur) a que reconozcan sus responsabilidades por el problema persistente de la dominación de la deuda.</font></span></p>
<p align="justify"><span lang="es-ar"><font face="Arial">Para el día</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="es-ar"> <font face="Arial">13 de octubre</font></span></b><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es-ar"><font face="Arial">, dedicado a la problemática del</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="es-ar"> <font face="Arial">cambio climático</font></span></b><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es-ar"> <font face="Arial">y su relación con la deuda y las IFIs, movimientos y organizaciones de varios países, entre otras actividades, han acordado enviar una carta al Banco Mundial y a los gobiernos expresando su oposición a l</font></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"><font face="Arial">os Fondos de Inversión en Clima que promueve el propio Banco. Además del reclamo a la anulación del pago de la deuda ilegítima de los países del sur, las organizaciones demandan también que se detengan los financiamientos a proyectos que agravan la situación climática. Sumándose a esta iniciativa en la ciudad de</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b> <font face="Arial">Jakarta, Indonesia,</font></b></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"> <font face="Arial">movimientos se congregarán</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b><font face="Arial"></font></b></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"> <font face="Arial">frente a las oficinas del Banco Mundial en rechazo al rol del Banco frente a dichos proyectos</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b><font face="Arial">. </font></b></span></p>
<p align="justify"><span lang="es-ar"><font face="Arial">Hasta el momento se han confirmado alrededor de</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="es-ar"> <font face="Arial">200</font></span></b><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es-ar"> <font face="Arial">acciones que se irán desarrollando en distintos rincones del mundo, desde manifestaciones públicas y reuniones para demandar la anulación de todas las deudas en más de 20 ciudades de la</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="es-ar"> <font face="Arial">India</font></span></b><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es-ar"><font face="Arial"> hasta la realización de la "Asamblea de los Pueblos frente a la Deuda, las IFIs y las Privatizaciónes" que varias organizaciones están convocando en</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="es-ar"> <font face="Arial">Filipinas</font></span></b><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es-ar"> <font face="Arial">entre tantas actividades .También en más de 35 distritos de</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="es-ar"> <font face="Arial">Bangladesh</font></span></b><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"><font face="Arial">, se están organizando reuniones de discusión, talleres y seminarios como son el</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b> <font face="Arial"> "</font></b></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"><font face="Arial">Taller sobre Cambio Climático, Fondo Fiduciario y el Banco Mundial" y el</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b> <font face="Arial">"</font></b></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"><font face="Arial">Seminario Comercio y Desarrollo: Vínculos Intersectoriales de alimentación, clima, deuda e IFIs."</font></span></p>
<p align="justify"><span lang="es"><font face="Arial">La construcción de una arquitectura financiera alternativa en pos de los intereses y derechos del pueblo también será tema de debate durante los próximos días. En el marco de la crisis financiera actual, las redes de</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b> <font face="Arial">América Latina</font></b></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"><font face="Arial"> preparan un pronunciamiento sobre las alternativas de financiamiento y las propuestas vigentes hoy, como es la creación del Banco del Sur y el retiro del Centro Internacional de Arreglo de Diferencias Relativas a Inversiones (CIADI) del Banco Mundial tal como realizó el gobierno de Bolivia.</font></span></p>
<p align="justify"><span lang="es-ar"><font face="Arial">A unas pocas semanas de la presentación del informe oficial sobre la auditoría de la deuda realizada por el gobierno de</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="es-ar"> <font face="Arial">Ecuador</font></span></b><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es-ar"><font face="Arial"> a través de la Comisión de Auditoria Integral del Crédito Público (CAIC) se llevará a cabo en la ciudad de</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="es-ar"> <font face="Arial">Guayaquil</font></span></b><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es-ar"> <font face="Arial">el "Foro ciudadano sobre los resultados de la auditoría" y un debate sobre la ilegitimidad de la deuda. Cerca de allí en</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="es-ar"> <font face="Arial">Colombia</font></span></b><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es-ar"> <font face="Arial">se programaron actividades todos los días, cabe mencionar el "</font></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"><font face="Arial">Conversatorio sobre la ilegitimidad de la deuda y los impactos en los derechos de las mujeres" y una manifestación cultural contra las deudas y por los derechos al agua, a la salud y a la educación en la ciudad de Bogotá. También desde</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b> <font face="Arial">Cuba</font></b></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"><font face="Arial"> organizaciones se han sumando a esta semana y está preparando un evento especial sobre la deuda externa y la crisis financiera actual. </font></span></p>
<p align="justify"><span lang="es"><font face="Arial">En tanto e</font></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es-ar"><font face="Arial">n el corazón del centro financiero de</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="es-ar"> <font face="Arial">Buenos Aires</font></span></b><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es-ar"><font face="Arial">, tendrá lugar una radio abierta y manifestaciones callejeras por el "Día de la Soberanía Alimentaria y la lucha contra la Deuda". Organizaciones campesinas de</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="es-ar"> <font face="Arial">Paraguay</font></span></b><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es-ar"><font face="Arial"> preparan varios encuentros, entre ellos un panel sobre "Las deudas sociales y ambientales" y un "Tribunal contra las IFIs" en las ciudades de</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="es-ar"> <font face="Arial">Itapua y Encarnación</font></span></b><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es-ar"><font face="Arial">.</font></span></p>
<p align="justify"><span lang="es"><font face="Arial">Se han programado más de 20 proyecciones de documentales que abordan la problemática de la deuda junto a debates abiertos en muchas ciudad del mundo, como por ejemplo el film "¿El fin de la pobreza?" de Philippe Diaz que se proyectará en las ciudades marroquíes de</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b> <font face="Arial">Rabat y Casablanca.</font></b></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"> <font face="Arial">Entre otras actividades "El contrato Congo-China, el FMI, el BM y las condiciones de reembolso" será el tema de un debate público en televisión que organizaciones de la</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b> <font face="Arial">República Democrática del Congo</font></b></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"> <font face="Arial">preparan en dicho país. En</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b> <font face="Arial">Togo</font></b></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"><font face="Arial"> se realizará un programa de radio especial en homenaje a Thomas Sankara</font></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es-ar"> <font face="Arial"> (ex presidente de Burkina Faso que pidió el repudio de la deuda justo antes de su asesinato)</font></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"> <font face="Arial">y a otros líderes altermundistas, a la vez que una conferencia-debate sobre ''China y su rol en la situación de la deuda en Africa'' tendrá lugar en</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b> <font face="Arial">Níger</font></b></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"><font face="Arial">. </font></span></p>
<p align="justify"><span lang="es-ar"><font face="Arial">M</font></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"><font face="Arial">ás de 40 actividades en iglesias y comunidades se están organizando en</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b><font face="Arial"> Estados Unidos</font></b></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"><font face="Arial">, mientras en</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b> <font face="Arial">Madrid</font></b></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"><font face="Arial"> la semana de acción comenzará con una bicicleteada contra la deuda desde la Plaza de la Provincia. Por otra parte talleres de formación sobre deuda y derechos se están organizando en</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b> <font face="Arial">Bélgica.</font></b></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"> <font face="Arial"> En</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b> <font face="Arial">Inglaterra</font></b></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"> <font face="Arial">se prepara</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b><font face="Arial"></font></b></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"> <font face="Arial">un envío masivo de cartas al gobierno del Reino Unido para que</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b><font face="Arial"></font></b></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"> <font face="Arial">apoye un mecanismo transparente de resolución de la deuda en la Conferencia de Financiación para el Desarrollo en Doha.</font></span></p>
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<p align="justify"><span lang="es-ar"><font face="Arial">La</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="es-ar"> <font face="Arial">Semana de Acción contra la Deuda y las IFIs</font></span></b><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es-ar"> <font face="Arial">coincide además con varias fechas especiales, algunas de ellas son: 12 de octubre - Día continental en América de resistencia al colonialismo, 15 de octubre - Aniversario de la muerte de Thomas Sankara, 16 de Octubre - Día de acción por la soberanía alimentaria</font></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es-ar"><font face="Arial"> y el 17 de Octubre dia de Acción contra la pobreza.</font></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es-ar"></span></p>
<p align="justify"><span lang="es"><font face="Arial">El calendario de movilizaciones se amplia con acciones programadas en muchos otros países, como Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Brasil, Perú, Pakistán, Camerún y Benin. Un listado completo con las actividades se publicará en el sitio web:</font></span><span lang="es"> </span><a href="http://www.debtweek.org/" target="_blank"><span lang="es"><b><u><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial">www.debtweek.org</font></u></b></span><span lang="es"></span></a><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"><font face="Arial"> (editado en español, inglés y francés) como así también las noticias más importantes de la</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b> <font face="Arial">Semana Global</font></b></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"><font face="Arial">, artículos, materiales gráficos y documentos relacionados con las distintas temáticas que se estarán abordando.</font></span></p>
<p align="justify"><span lang="es-ar"><font face="Arial">La Semana de Acción Global contra la Deuda y las IFIs forma parte de la</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="es-ar"> <font face="Arial">Campaña Internacional Sur-Norte sobre la Ilegitimidad de la Deuda</font></span></b><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es-ar"> <font face="Arial">que es impulsada por redes y movimientos</font></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"><font face="Arial"> del Sur y del Norte, como Jubileo Sur, el Comité para la Anulación de la Deuda del Tercer Mundo (CADTM), Eurodad, Jubileo USA y Latindadd.</font></span></p>
<p align="left"><span lang="es"><font face="Arial">Aún se reciben adhesiones al llamado de acción y se invita a todas las organizaciones a enviar la información de sus actividades escribiendo a</font></span><span lang="es"> </span><a href="mailto:semanadeuda@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span lang="es"><b><u><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial">semanadeuda@gmail.com</font></u></b></span><span lang="es"></span></a><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b><br>
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</b></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"><font face="Arial">El llamado de acción completo en</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b><font face="Arial">:</font></b></span><span lang="es"> </span><a href="http://www.debtweek.org/" target="_blank"><span lang="es"><b><u><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial">http://www.debtweek.org/</font></u></b></span><span lang="es"></span></a><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span></p>
<p align="left"><span lang="es"><b><font face="Arial">Contactos:</font></b></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"> <font face="Arial">Para mayor información sobre la Semana de Acción:</font></span><span lang="es"> </span><a href="mailto:jubileo@wamani.apc.org" target="_blank"><span lang="es"><u><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial">jubileo@wamani.apc.org</font></u></span><span lang="es"></span></a><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b><font face="Arial"><br>
</font></b></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"><font face="Arial">+5411 43071867 – +54 911 41781117</font></span></p>
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<p align="justify"><span lang="es"><b><font face="Arial">Campaña Internacional Sur-Norte sobre deuda ilegítima </font></b></span></p>
<p align="left"><span lang="es"><b><font face="Arial">Jubileo Sur:</font></b></span><span lang="es"> </span><a href="mailto:js@jubileesouth.org" target="_blank"><span lang="es"><u><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial">js@jubileesouth.org</font></u></span><span lang="es"></span></a><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span></p>
<p align="left"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial">Coordinación global: Beverly Keene - +54911-55690140 </font></span></p>
<p align="left"><span lang="es"><b><font face="Arial">América Latina y el Caribe</font></b></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"><font face="Arial">: Laura Yanella, Prensa y Comunicación – +5411-43071867</font></span></p>
<p align="left"><span lang="es"><b><font face="Arial">Asia y Pacífico</font></b></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"><font face="Arial">: Lidy Nacpil - +63 2925 3036 </font></span></p>
<p align="left"><span lang="es"><b><font face="Arial">Africa:</font></b></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"> <font face="Arial"> Njoki Njoroge Njehu -</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b><font face="Arial"></font></b></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"> <font face="Arial"> +254(0) 7 2322 9426<br>
</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b><font face="Arial">Estados Unidos</font></b></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"><font face="Arial">:</font></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"> <font face="Arial">Jubilee USA - Neil Watkins - +1202-783-0129</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b><br>
<font face="Arial">Europa:</font></b></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"><font face="Arial"></font></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"> <font face="Arial">Bélgica: EURODAD – Alex Wilks - +32 2 543 90 67</font></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"><font face="Arial"></font></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"> <font face="Arial">Bélgica: CADTM – Myriam</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b><font face="Arial"></font></b></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"> <font face="Arial"> Bourgy – (32 (0) 4 226 62 8)</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b><br>
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<p align="left"><b><span lang="en-us"><font color="#808080" face="Arial">PRESS DOSSIER N°1October 10, 2008.</font></span></b></p>
<p align="left"><b><span lang="en-us"><font size="4" face="Arial">Preparations for the Week of Global Action Against Debt and</font></span></b><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="en-us"><br>
</span></b><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="en-us"><font size="4" face="Arial">International Financial Institutions take place in the whole world</font></span></b><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="en-us"></span></b></p>
<p align="justify"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial">Hundreds of networks and organizations around the world will mobilize during</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Arial">October 12-19</font></span></b><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial"> carrying out different activities for the</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Arial">Week of Global Action Against Debt and International Financial Institutions (IFIs)</font></span></b><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial">.</font></span></p>
<p align="justify"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial">Global hunger and the growing impact of climate change are dramatic symptoms of the persistent problem of debt domination. In this sense, the second edition of the Week of Action will place special attention to the following demands:</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Arial">Food and financial sovereignty and climate and economic justice.</font></span></b><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial"> The debts used to implement harmful projects and policies that have led to the current food, climate and credit crises are illegitimate and should not be paid under any circumstances.</font></span></p>
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<p align="justify"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial">More then 200 global, continental and national networks, organizations and social movements from</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Arial">Asia and the Pacific, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, North America and Europe</font></span></b><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial"> have joined the</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Arial">Call of Action</font></span></b><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial"> demanding the immediate unconditional cancellation of illegitimate debts and an end to the conditionalities of the IFIs such as the IMF, World Bank and Regional Development Banks as well as the payment of the ecological debts owed to the South. The organizations summon everyone to mobilize and challenge the IFIs, transnational corporations, and governments (North and South) to acknowledge their responsibilities for the continuing problem of debt domination.</font></span></p>
<p align="justify"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial">On</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Arial">October</font></span></b><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial"></font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Arial">13</font></span></b><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial">, dedicated to Climate Change and its relation to debt and the IFIs, movements and organizations in various countries have agreed to send letters to the World Bank and governments - as well as other activities – to express their opposition to the Climate Investment Funds proposed by the Bank. As well as demanding the cancellation of illegitimate debt of the Southern countries, the organizations demand the end of financing for projects and policies that exacerbate climate change. In this sense, in</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Arial">Jakarta, Indonesia,</font></span></b><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Arial">social movements</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial"></font></span></b><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Arial">will demonstrate in front of the World Bank office against the Bank's role in climate change related projects.</font></span></p>
<p align="justify"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial">Until now, around 200 actions in different parts of the world have been confirmed - from public demonstrations and events to demand the cancellation of all debts in more then 20 cities in India to a Peoples Rally Against Debt, IFIs and Privatization which various organizations in the Philippines will be holding. Similarly, in more then 35 districts of Bangladesh, discussions, seminars and workshops such as the workshop 'Climate Change, the World Bank and the Multi Donor Trust Fund' and the seminar 'Trade & Development Finance: Inter-sectoral linkages on food, climate, debt and IFI'.</font></span></p>
<p align="justify"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial">The construction of an</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Arial">alternative financial architecture</font></span></b><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial"> in favor of the interests and rights of peoples and the environment will also be an issue of debate during the Week of Global Action. In the context of the current financial crisis, several</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Arial">Latin American</font></span></b><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Arial">networks will launch a statement on alternative mechanisms of financing for development and proposals such as the South Bank and the withdrawal from the International Centre for Investment Dispute Settlement (ICSID) of the World Bank Group, as carried out by the government of Bolivia.</font></span></p>
<p align="justify"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial">A few weeks after the official presentation of the report of the debt audit carried out by the government of</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Arial">Ecuador</font></span></b><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial"> through the</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Arial">Integral Public Credit Audit Commission </font></span></b><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial">(CAIC, in its Spanish abbreviation), local organizations will hold a "Citizen forum on the results of the audit" and a debate on debt illegitimacy in the city of</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Arial">Guayaquil</font></span></b><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial">. Not far from there in Colombia, activities will be held throughout the Week, such as "Debates on debt illegitimacy and the impact on the human rights of women" and a cultural demonstration against debt and for the right to water, health, education and a healthy environment in the city of Bogotá. Organizations in</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Arial">Cuba</font></span></b><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial"> have also joined the Call and are organizing an event on foreign debt and the financial crisis. </font></span></p>
<p align="justify"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial">In the meanwhile in the financial centre of</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Arial">Buenos Aires</font></span></b><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial">, an open radio program and street demonstrations for the "Day of Action for Food Sovereignty and the Struggle Against the Debt" will be carried out. Campesino organizations of</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Arial">Paraguay</font></span></b><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial"> prepare various events on "Social and ecological debts" and a "Tribunal against the IFIs" in the cities of</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Arial">Itapua and Encarnación</font></span></b><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial">.</font></span></p>
<p align="justify"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial">More then 20 screening of documentaries which deal with the debt issue along with open debates will be carried out in many cities around the world such as the film "¿An end to poverty?" of Philippe Diaz which will be shown in</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Arial">Rabat and Casablanca</font></span></b><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial">, </font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial">Morocco. </font></span></b><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial">"The Congo-China contract, the IMF and the World Bank and the reimbursement conditions" will be the issue of televised public debates in the</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Arial">Democratic Republic of the Congo</font></span></b><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial">. In</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Arial">Togo</font></span></b><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial"> a special radio program in be held in tribute to Thomas Sankara (ex–president of Burkina Faso who called for debt cancellation and repudiation just before being assassinated) and other leaders for global change, while a conference-debate ''China and its role in Africa´s debt situation'' will be held in </font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial">Niger</font></span></b><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial">.</font></span></p>
<p align="justify"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial">More then 40 activities in churches and communities will be organized in the</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial"> United States</font></span></b><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial">, while in</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Arial">Madrid</font></span></b><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial"> the Week of Action will begin with a bicycle ride against debt from the main square. Elsewhere, capacity-building activities on debt and rights are being organized in</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Arial">Belgium</font></span></b><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Arial">and in the</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial"> United Kingdom,</font></span></b><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Arial">a new email action calling on the UK to support a fair and transparent sovereign debt resolution mechanism at the Financing for Development conference in Doha will be carried, out amongst other activities.</font></span></p>
<p align="justify"><b><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial">The Week of Global Action Against Debt and the IFIs</font></span></b><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Arial">coincides with various special dates such as: October 12 – Continental Day of Resistance Against Colonialism and Neoliberalism (in the Americas), October 15 - Anniversary of the death of Thomas Sankara, October 16 - Day of Action for Food Sovereignty and Octoberr 17 – Global Day of Action against Poverty.</font></span></p>
<p align="justify"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial">Special activities are being planned in many other countries such as Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Brazil, Peru, Pakistan, Cameroon and Benin. A complete list of the activities can be found on the Week´s website</font></span><span lang="es"> </span><a href="http://www.debtweek.org/" target="_blank"><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"><u></u></span><u><span lang="en-us"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial">www.debtweek.org</font></span></u><span lang="es"></span></a><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial"></font></span></b><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Arial">(in English, Spanish, and French)</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial"></font></span></b><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Arial">along with the most important news on the Week, articles, graphic material and documents related to the different issues.</font></span></p>
<p align="justify"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial">The Week of Global Action Against Debt and the IFIs is a part of the</font></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><span lang="es"><b></b></span><b><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Arial">International Campaign on Illegitimate Debt</font></span></b><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Arial">carried out by networks and movements of the South and North, such as Jubilee South, the Committee for the Abolition of Third World Debt (CADTM), Eurodad, Jubilee USA and Eurodad, united by the struggle against illegitimate debt.</font></span></p>
<p align="justify"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial">Support for the Call of Action is still being received and organizations are invited to send information on their planned activities to</font></span><span lang="es"> </span><a href="mailto:debtweek@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"><u></u></span><u><span lang="en-us"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial">debtweek@gmail.com</font></span></u><span lang="es"></span></a><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial">.</font></span></p>
<p align="left"><b><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial"> The complete Call of Action can be found in:</font></span></b><span lang="es"> </span><a href="http://debtweek.org/" target="_blank"><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"><u></u></span><u><span lang="en-us"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial">http://debtweek.org/</font></span></u><span lang="es"></span></a><span lang="es"></span><span lang="es"></span><span lang="en-us"></span></p>
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