Author: Tony Phillips

G-20: Round Two

Brazil’s Lula da Silva and China’s Hu Jintao met in Londonat the G-20 summit. Photo: Xinhua/Lan Hongguang. In early April, the executives of 19 countries and the European Union traveled to London

Can G7 + G20 = Recovery?

When the G7 finance ministers returned home following the Oct. 13 weekend meeting of the International Monetary and Finance Committee, the world’s dailies all led with the same story: substantial gains on

The Bolivian Crisis, the OAS, and UNASUR

By Tony Phillips On Sept. 9, separatist groups in the resource-rich eastern “half-moon”1 states of Bolivia launched violent attacks on the offices of the government of President Evo Morales. Rebel state governors,2

Economic Justice in Haiti Requires Debt Restitution

A meeting of international diplomats and financiers in Port-au-Prince this summer ended up with a commitment of $750 million in foreign aid to Haiti over the coming year. This generosity will build