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Argentina still 'owes' UK for Falklands arms

We've uncovered documents showing that Argentina still 'owes' the UK £45m for arms sales to the military junta in the years leading up to the Falklands War. The UK knew Argentina might invade the Falklands, and the regime had a 'worse' human rights record than Pinochet's Chile, but it backed the dodgy deals anyway. More >>

COMMENT: Argentina’s 'Falklands debt' goes to the heart of our unethical foreign policy, New Statesman, 10 April 2012

History is repeating itself in Europe

What is happening in Greece today mirrors what has been happening in the developing world for 30 years. Jubilee Debt Camapign has called for 'jubilee-style' debt cancellation in Europe. More >>

JDC DIRECTOR NICK DEARDEN ON THE EURO-CRISIS:

Jersey plans vulture fund crack down

The Government of Jersey, the British tax haven with its own system of laws, has announced that it intends to introduce a vulture funds law, following our campaigning. More >>

EXPOSED: Vulture Fund targeting African country >>

Vince Cable responds to Dodgy Deals campaign

Business Minister Vince Cable has responded to our campaign on dictator debts owed by developing countries from failed British trade deals.

His department has been forced to admit that Egypt's £100 million debt to the UK comes from sales to deposed dictator Hosni Mubarak's army. More >>

		Debt zombies protest outside Irish embassy Campaigners dressed as ‘zombie bankers’ outside the Irish embassy in London this morning to show their support for a newly formed Irish group Debt Justice Action. More >>

		Details of Zimbabwe's $7bn debts revealed Newly uncovered documents reveal that Zimbabwe’s £210 million debt to the UK includes loans from Tony Blair’s government to Zimbabwe’s police force while they were engaged in internal repression. More >>

		REVEALED: Egypt repaying Mubarak's arms debt Jubilee Debt Campaign has released new documents showing that Egypt's £100 million debt to the UK includes arms sales to Mubarak, as campaigners demonstrated outside the Business Department. More >>

		Greece: 50% private debt write-down not enough Jubilee Debt Campaign has warned that if the rumoured 50 per cent write-down in Greece's debt owed to private creditors actually happens, it will not be enough to get the country out of its debt and austerity trap. More >>

		Climate Loan Sharks Rich industrialised countries are overwhelming responsible for the climate crisis. Yet they are forcing poor and debt-burdened countries to accept loans from the World Bank to deal with its effects. Take action >>

		Getting Into Debt Everything you wanted to know about Third World debt but were too afraid to ask, in a short handbook. It's aimed at students, but it can work for everyone. More >>

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