TV Interview on living in Argentina
An interview with me as part of a set called “Why Here?” I.e. why have you relocated to Buenos Aires? It is from a few years back, but later aired on TV and now on YouTube
Political Economics
Argentina Versus Argentina versus the World Bank: fair play or fixed fight?
[The ICSID) is] Obscure, that is, outside of Latin America (where the ICSID is referred to as the CIADI for it’s initials in Spanish). While mention of the ICSID in London or New York will likely elicit confused stares, in La Paz or Buenos Aires CIADI could well provoke a string of expletives.
Saint Patrick in Saigon
Corporate city Vietnam, 2011: This “Patrick’s” day of ritualized alcohol consumption has long since become dissociated from the mythical man who gave this day his name. Patrick was a Roman Britain who wandered dangerously close to the edge of empire […]
Bailout, Intervention and Political Collapse
150 protestors shouting “Cowen, Cowen, Cowen, Out, Out, Out” pushed open the gates of Government Buildings in Dublin on Nov. 22nd after a 100Bn. Euro [1] bailout and IMF intervention the day before. Avoiding answering allegations of his own involvement, […]
Speaking Truthiness to the Irish Times
The Irish Times “Opinion” section has spoken. It welcomes the IMF to Ireland. Maybe the Irish Times should ask Latin America why they decided to pay back all of their debt to the IMF so as to kick their consultants […]
When all is said and done in Carbon-hagen
Wednesday December 16th, “Reclaim Power” day in Copenhagen, inside the Africans are shouting at the Ethiopians and outside the Climate Justice advocates are shouting at the COP who they accuse of being co-opted by corporate lobbyists. To a lobbyist climate […]
Argentina versus el Banco Mundial: ¿Juego limpio o partido arreglado?
Programa de las Américas Informe especial Argentina versus el Banco Mundial: ¿Juego limpio o partido arreglado? Tony Phillips 18 de junio de 2008 Versión original: Argentina Versus the World Bank: Fair Play or Fixed Fight?Traducción por: Annette Ramos Programa de […]
WTO Hong Kong Video
Click on image above to see Walden Bello’s educational and informative piece on the terms of the WTO deal currently on offer. The images on the music video come from the WTO meeting and protests in Hong Kong. I encoded […]
Oil and water in Argentina and Bolivia
In Latin America, oil and water don?t mix. Or do they?
Latin American neighbors, Argentina and Bolivia have recently undertaken a re-nationalizing of their natural resources each their own way and for different reasons. This article compares the public-private struggles for oil and water resources in Argentina and in Bolivia.
