In view of the flood disaster in Mozambique, several Swiss NGOs are calling on Credit Suisse in an open letter to waive repayment of a billion-dollar loan to the crisis-ridden country. They say it is a hidden debt of two billion US dollars as a result of fraudulent illegal arrangements between Credit Suisse, the Russian bank VTB, international contractors and Mozambican
On Sunday Brazil will elect its president and the stakes are high. The favourite is the right-wing national Jair Bolsonaro, who repeatedly attracts attention with sexist, racist and even anti-democratic statements. Should Brazil elect him, the country will be in dire straits.
In the context of the conference "Between War and Peace. Parties, Civil Society and Democratization in Mozambique" of the KoordinationsKreis Mosambik e.V. in Berlin I interviewed the freelance journalist Adérito Caldeira from Maputo about the current political situation.
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