Auska Ovando

Cancel the Debt march in Manila, Philippines. Photo: APMDD via X By: Maria Ron Balsera, CESR’s Executive Director & Auska Ovando, CESR’s Communications Manager When a government must choose between paying creditors or keeping hospitals and schools open, debt stops being a financial issue: it becomes a human rights one. Around the world, public budgets are being drained by debt repayments while schools, clinics, and climate programs go underfunded.

By: Dr. María Emilia Mamberti, Martha Hungwe, and Auska Ovando - CESR Team A new global economic moment is on the horizon. The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4), set for June in Seville, Spain, will be a landmark moment where governments can choose to step up—or fall back—on bold commitments to reshape how global finance serves people and the planet. To understand what’s at stake, it helps to step back.

La palabra ''Renace'' proyectada en un edificio en el centro de Santiago de Chille en medio de las celebraciones por la aprobación de una nueva constitución. MATIAS BASUALDO/NURPHOTO/PA IMAGES "La historia dirá que en el país modelo del neoliberalismo una ciudadanía hastiada cambió décadas de desesperanza por acción.