'We are calling on the IMF and World Bank to end its debt trap monetary practices which are causing countries to sink further down into economic crises,' says CodePink's nancymancias on the day she and oliviadinucci protested at IMF headquarters.
"We need localization and ecological sustainability for the people, planet, and peace," said CodePink's Nancy Mancias."We are calling on the IMF and World Bank to end its debt trap monetary practices which are causing countries to sink further down into economic crises.
CodePink organizers Olivia DiNucci and Nancy Mancias disrupted the"Debt Restructuring: Why Too Little and Too Late" session at the IMF's Washington, D.C. headquarters. "The IMF and World Bank are loan sharks trapping countries into debt. We need localization and ecological sustainability for the people, planet, and peace," said CodePink campaign organizer Nancy Mancias.
"The path to economic sovereignty for the Global South is not through the predatory loans offered by the IMF/World Bank," the peace group added,"but instead through reparations of all wealth and resources that have been stolen from countries through colonization, illegal invasions, occupations, and extraction of oil, gas, and coal."
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