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Vulture Culture Updates

6 July 2009

There has been an incredible response to our End the Vulture Culture campaign. From Glastonbury to US Congress see how the word has spread.

Glastonbury
Sunshine, fresh air and good music not a good
mix for Vultures as festival goers give a massive
boost to the Vulture Culture Campaign More >>

Press on Vultures
'MPs act to keep the vultures at bay' More>>
'The vulture fund culture must end' More>>
'US bill would outlaw vulture funds' More>>           

Mark Thomas Glasto

Vulture Act introduced into US Congress
Representative Maxine Waters introduced the Stop VULTURE Funds Act, a bill into Congress that would prevent vulture funds from making this excessive profit at the expense of poor countries. More >>

Vulture Funds UK Action             
Sally Keeble MP led a group of 12 cross-party MPs
proposing legislation in Parliament to stop vulture
funds profiteering from poor country debt. More>>

US vultures small

Keep an eye of where the vultures are circling
The map from Africa Action's website illustrates the commercial creditor lawsuits against countries receiving the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative and Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI) Assistance (As of the end of 2007) More>>>

Vulture Map

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