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Musicians perform during a "Martes de Challa,” or Challa Tuesday celebration, in which devotees bury food, throw candies, burn incense, decorate their houses, businesses, cars, all in a show of gratitude to Pachamama or Mother Earth, in La Paz
AN International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan that was “irregularly managed” by Bolivia’s former coup administration of Jeanine Anez has been sent back, the central bank announced on Wednesday.
According to the bank, the loan of $356.7 million (£249m) had jeopardised “the country’s sovereignty and economic interests” through a rapid financing instrument (RFI), which placed conditions on fiscal, financial, exchange rate and monetary duties.
The loan was approved by the IMF last April, with the executive saying that it was necessary for “urgently required medical spending and relief measures, while addressing the country’s balance of payments needs.”
As the US intensifies its economic and political pressure it is now vitally important to demand the British government intervene to end US aggression, writes GEOFF BOTTOMS
Far-right forces are rising across Latin America and the Caribbean, armed with a common agenda of anti-communism, the culture war, and neoliberal economics, writes VIJAY PRASHAD
