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Who Will Protect Elections From U.S. Oligarchs?
Apr 18, 2018 The nation's campaign finance free-for-all is one reason the Electoral Integrity Project ranks the democratic integrity of our elections dead last among the West's democracies.
Defying Donald Trump’s Kleptocracy
Jan 2, 2017 The president-elect represents the late stage of capitalism, when corporations, no longer able to generate profits at former levels, pillage the government and society for profit. However, he will be vulnerable to impeachment if we take to the streets.
Look at the Lobbyists Clinton and Wasserman Schultz Picked to Write the Democratic Party’s Platform
May 26, 2016 The leading Democratic presidential candidate and the party chair appointed influence peddlers with ties to weapons makers, hedge funds and Wal-Mart to the committee responsible for drafting the party’s policies.
Marco Rubio Is Running Out of Time to Deliver Middle East Return on Investment for Big Donors
Mar 3, 2016 Can Marco Rubio win Florida to stay in the presidential race? Three billionaire supporters with hard-line views on Israel hope so.
Cry for Argentina: Fiscal Mismanagement or Pillage?
Aug 15, 2014 Argentina has now taken the U.S. to The Hague for blocking the country’s 2005 settlement with the bulk of its creditors. The issue underscores the need for an international mechanism for nations to go bankrupt. Better yet would be a sustainable global monetary scheme that avoids the need for sovereign bankruptcy.
Greg Palast: How Obama Could End Argentina’s Debt Crisis
Aug 9, 2014 "The 'vulture' financier now threatening to devour Argentina can be stopped dead by a simple note to the courts from Barack Obama," investigative journalist Greg Palast writes Thursday at The Guardian. "But the president, while officially supporting Argentina, has not done this one thing that could save Buenos Aires from default."
Clintonians Join Vulture Flock Over Argentina
Jul 24, 2014 Likely leaders of a Hillary Clinton administration are helping hedge fund billionaire Paul Singer wring hundreds of millions of dollars out of Argentina, a move that could derail the country's long climb back into solvency and undermine debt settlements worldwide.Likely leaders of a Hillary Clinton administration are helping hedge fund billionaire Paul Singer wring hundreds of millions of dollars from Argentina.
Argentina Alleges Extortion After Court Sides With ‘Vulture Funds’
Jun 19, 2014 This week, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal from Argentina over its $1.5 billion debt in a ruling critics say validates predatory behavior by "vulture funds." "Democracy Now!" looks at the case that is being called the "trial of the century" in how poor countries repay sovereign debt.
Argentine Debt Appeal Rejected
Jun 18, 2014 The U.S. Supreme Court handed Argentina two major disappointments Monday "in cases brought by bondholders who refused to accept reduced payments after the country’s 2001 default," The New York Times DealBook reports.
