[Deuda-2005] El FMI "condiciona" su promesa de cancelación de deuda multilateral

[iolanda.fresnillo en debtwatch.org]

Hola a todos y todas,

Ayer nos llego desde la red europea de deuda y desarrollo (EURODAD) una notícia
sobre el FMI volviendo a hacer de las suyas. Un resumen muy breve: ¿os acordáis
de las promesas del G8 de cancelar la deuda multilateral del FMI, BM i Banco
Africano de Desarrollo? ¿Recordáis al FMI en octubre, y en concreto al señor
Rato, confirmar que llevarían a cabo esas promesas?

Ahora el FMI sale con que quiere que los 18 países que se beneficiarían de la
cancelación pasen un nuevo examen, nuevas condicionalidades (cómo si no fuese
suficiente el que ya hayan implementado las políticas que el FMI dicta a través
de la Iniciativa HIPC, condición que ya imponía el G8). Segun este nuevo examen,
hay países que o bien se han salido de la línea marcada de políticas
macroeconómicas aceptables, o tienen problemas de gestión de su gasto público
(según el FMI, por supuesto), o han dejado de implementar las políticas de
lucha contra la pobreza (marcadas por el propio FMI, of course). En concreto
hasta 6 países se verían ahora fuera de la cancelación prometida: Etiopía,
Madagascar, Mauritania, Ruanda, Senegal y Nicaragua.

Ya decíamos nosotras que la propuesta del G8 no era tan buena ...

Resulta que 4 de estos países ya no tienen o estan a punto de cerrar sus tratos
con el FMI, con lo que quedan fuera del alcance de la institución. Pero el
Fondo es muy celoso y no puede dejar que se le escape ni un país de sus garras
... y está dispuesto a hacer lo que esté en sus manos para que sigan en "la
senda correcta".

La gente de Jubilee USA (os envio su e-mail más abajo) y Africa Action han
preparado una acción de envío masivo de e-mails al director del FMI. Está todo
en inglés, y podéis participar desde el link:
http://capwiz.com/africaaction/issues/alert/?alertid=8317756&type=CU

Para más información podéis consultar los informes de Eurodad (también en
inglés):

http://www.eurodad.org/articles/default.aspx?id=667

Os seguiremos informando ...

Iolanda
Observatorio de la Deuda en la Globalización
www.observatoriodeuda.org
93 785 13 18

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Jubilee USA Network
Action Alert * December 15, 2005


IMF: DON'T BE A GRINCH - KEEP YOUR PROMISES ON DEBT CANCELLATION
IMF Back-Tracking on Debt Cancellation for Impoverished Countries in Africa,
Latin America

Contact IMF Executive Directors Before December 21

Last week, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released its plan for how
it will implement debt cancellation for the 18 countries that are qualified
under the agreement reached by world leaders in 2005. The IMF has announced
that there will be a final economic test that impoverished countries must
meet in order to receive debt cancellation beginning in January 2006. This
move threatens access to debt cancellation for six countries. The six
countries that may see their debt cancellation delayed include Ethiopia,
Madagascar, Mauritania, Rwanda, Senegal and Nicaragua.

Take
<http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=0&url=http://
capwiz.com/africaaction/issues/alert/?alertid=8317756&type=CU>  action today
- click here to send e-mail to IMF Executive Directors calling on the IMF to
provide immediate debt cancellation to all impoverished countries that were
promised it. Visit www.jubileeusa.org <http://www.jubileeusa.org/>  or
www.africaaction.org <http://www.africaaction.org/>  to send free e-mail
messages today.

In 2005, world leaders promised immediate and irrevocable debt cancellation
for 18 countries. The IMF is now back-tracking on this commitment. The
excuse the IMF is giving for the delay is that the six countries are said to
be "off track" with IMF economic programs. These countries have already
complied with years of onerous conditions imposed by foreign creditors as
requirements for debt cancellation. Despite the fact that these debts were
largely illegitimate in the first place, a result of irresponsible lending
to despotic regimes and for failed projects, these extremely impoverished
nations have been paying the IMF at the expense of desperately needed
investment in health, education, and clean water. Further delays to debt
cancellation will cost lives.

We need your help to stop these new conditions and to ensure the IMF and
world leaders keep their promises.

TAKE
<http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=1&url=http://
capwiz.com/africaaction/issues/alert/?alertid=8317756&type=CU>  ACTION:
Contact IMF Executive Directors before December 21st and ask that they keep
their promises to the world's most impoverished nations!

The IMF Executive Board will have one final discussion - on Wednesday,
December 21 - to decide which countries will receive 100% debt cancellation
from the IMF in January.

Send
<http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=2&url=http://
capwiz.com/africaaction/issues/alert/?alertid=8317756&type=CU>  emails to
key Executive Directors at the IMF before they meet next Wednesday December
21. Insist that all 18 countries at a minimum must receive debt cancellation
on January 3, 2006 as originally agreed by world leaders.

And
<http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=3&url=http://
www.jubileeusa.org/jubilee.cgi?path=/take_action&page=imfcall1205.html>  if
you have a few extra minutes to give, please call at least one IMF Executive
Director personally. Calling is the most effective way to get our message
across!
<http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=4&url=http://
www.jubileeusa.org/jubilee.cgi?path=/take_action&page=imfcall1205.html>
Click here for a telephone script and a list of names and phone numbers.
Please call as many as you can.

Thank you for taking action today!

The Jubilee USA Network staff team - Neil, Debi, Kristin, Diane, Sarah,
Kennji & Whitney

www.jubileeusa.org <http://www.jubileeusa.org/>