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Jamaica Demands Reparations for Britain's 'Haunting' Legacy of Slavery

British Prime Minister David Cameron faces growing demands for reparations and apology for Britain's brutal history of slavery, colonialism, and native genocide. (Photo: Lewis Whyld/PA Archive)

At Behest of IMF, Jamaicans Face Harshest Austerity Policies in World: Report

Sarah Lazare, staff writer

A schoolchild walks past a row of fishing boats on the beach near Alligator Pond, Jamaica in March, 2004. (Photo: Gerry Manacsa/Wikimedia/cc)

Center for Economic and Policy Research finds poverty- and debt- stricken nation faces budget more severe even than Greece's

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Climate Finance Flowing, But for Many, the Well Remains Dry

Desmond Brown, IPS News

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Amnesty International

Jamaica: Illegal Police Tactics Fuel Scores of Murders and Sow Culture of Fear

Oxfam International

Hurricane Matthew Bears Down on Haiti and Other Island Nations

Center for Biological Diversity

Deep-sea Mining Regulations Need Stronger Environmental Protections

Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)

New Letters Highlight Growing Congressional Concern over IMF-Imposed Austerity, CEPR Co-Director Says

Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)

Jamaica Suffering from “Most Austere Budget in the World,” Imposed by the IMF, New Paper Finds

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Mark Weisbrot

Obama Should Put an End to Extreme Austerity in Jamaica

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