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White House Hosts Democracy Summit and Highlights Global Anti-Corruption Commitments

Submitted by HannahJubilee on Fri, 12/10/2021 - 12:14

Treasury Releases Draft Rule Improving Transparency for "Anonymous" Shell Companies

More than 100 leaders showcase initiatives to counter dictatorships, fight corruption and promote human rights at a virtual summit the White House hosts December 9-10.

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House Build Back Better Act Supports Puerto Rico

Submitted by HannahJubilee on Fri, 11/19/2021 - 12:23

 

The House of Representatives voted to increase Medicaid funding and incentives to support manufacturing jobs in Puerto Rico as part of the Build Back Better Act.

“This legislation means that Puerto Rico can access more resources that the island desperately needs,” said Eric LeCompte, Executive Director of Jubilee USA Network, which worked on debt and disaster relief for the island since 2015. "Faced with high poverty rates, debt crisis and natural disasters, Puerto Rico can really use the aid."

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COP26: New Research Shows Latin American and Caribbean Countries Face Growing Climate Risks

Submitted by HannahJubilee on Fri, 11/05/2021 - 13:52

COP26: New Research Shows Latin American and Caribbean Countries Face Growing Climate Risks

Debt Relief Can Fund Climate Action, Says Religious Development Group

As climate talks continue in Scotland, new research shows that developing countries lack the resources to respond to the climate crisis.

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IMF Urges Wealthy Countries to Send COVID Aid to Poor Countries

Submitted by HannahJubilee on Mon, 10/04/2021 - 16:25

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 4, 2021

Available for interview: Eric LeCompte, Executive Director
Contact: Olivia Engling, Communications and Operations Manager
olivia@jubileeusa.org / (202) 709-7696 

IMF Urges Wealthy Countries to Send COVID Aid to Poor CountriesCountries Can Donate Special Drawing Rights, an Emergency IMF Currency

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Mayor Bowser paves over BLM Plaza

Submitted by Luke on Tue, 05/11/2021 - 17:32

Early morning on Tues May 11, DC's Mayor Bowser paved over the Black Lives Matter Plaza lettering on 16th st. She never actually supported BLM as shown by her pro-police, pro-gentrification policies.

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Black Lives Matter DC photo via Twitter

DC's Mayday march winds from Malcolm X Park to White House

Submitted by Luke on Sun, 05/02/2021 - 08:46

On Saturday, May 1, DC's annual Mayday march began at its traditional Malcolm X Park gathering point and marched to the White House, ending on H st due to the fence still blocking off most of Lafayette Square. It was the 2013 iteration of this same march that so famously stormed the GOP over the Rana Plaza sweatshop building collapse in Bangladesh.

Video-the 2021 Mayday march in DC

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World Health Assembly Wrestles with Coronavirus

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/15/2020 - 21:31

As the global coronavirus death toll tops 300,000 people, the leaders of the World Health Organization (WHO) prepare to hold their leadership meetings virtually from May 18th - 19th."As world leaders gather, it is crucial that they ensure there are no trade barriers for any country to receive life-saving medicines and medical equipment as the coronavirus spreads," noted Jubilee USA Executive Director Eric LeCompte who serves on United Nations finance expert groups.

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Economic Crisis Could Get Much Worse Says IMF

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/17/2020 - 14:20

The International Monetary and Financial Committee, the leadership of the IMF, released their Spring Meetings communiqué calling coronavirus economic impacts, "unprecedented" and that "the global economic outlook is subject to high uncertainty.""The IMF is saying that our economic prospects are terrible, our economy could even face further disaster and they don't know how much worse it can actually get," noted Eric LeCompte, who leads the religious development group Jubilee USA.

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President Trump Authorizes Somalia Debt Relief

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 12/21/2019 - 10:14

Washington DC - President Trump signed a year-end spending bill which authorizes the first phase of debt relief for Somalia. Earlier in the week Congress passed the spending package which included $35 million to begin paying the principle of $1.1 billion in US held Somalia debt."Relieving Somalia's debt could mean building new roads, women's empowerment, kids going back to school and moving forward measures to end extreme poverty," stated Eric LeCompte, the Executive Director of the religious development group Jubilee USA.

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Religious: Senate Pass Transparency Legislation

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/12/2019 - 16:42

More than 80 national religious bodies and local churches, synagogues and Muslim groups sent a letter to the Senate urging passage of the ILLICIT CASH Act (S.2563) and the Corporate Transparency Act (S.1978).

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