Roberto Bissio

Uruguayan journalist. Coordinator of the #EndAusterity Campaign

[EndAusterityCampaign @EndToAusterity]

Healthy life expectancy declines in the UK due to #austerity.

https://t.co/ZpP6E6zdsK
Britain’s health deterioration “coincides with the introduction of austerity policies in the early 2010s but austerity is notably absent from many major reports and most of the media coverage”.

[EndAusterityCampaign @EndToAusterity]

Bolivia: Protests against austerity force cabinet reshuffle. President Rodrigo Paz announced the creation of an Economic and Social Council on May 21, in an attempt to calm the massive popular protests against austerity policies.
https://t.co/oJs1bMSV2o

[Roberto Bissio @RBissio]

Research shows that growth-oriented strategies accompanied by redistribution policies are the most promising path to recovery across the Global South. Rather than imposing cookie-cutter #austerity programs, the #IMF should be following the evidence.

https://t.co/Jiv16LHQp6

[Roberto Bissio @RBissio]

Austerity impose significant hardships on the poor while allowing the wealthy to continue accumulating profits.
#Austerity in the Global South, just launched by @IBONFoundation shows what's wrong with the examples of Argentina, Pakistan and Zambia.

https://t.co/NtfCp3nPmL

[Roberto Bissio @RBissio]

La macroeconomía influye hasta en nuestras citas."La grieta y la libertad", un cortometraje animado convierte en imágenes el libro de JP Boholavsky "Lo mío es mío y lo tuyo es mío" y muestra cómo afectan nuestra vida la #austeridad y el #neoliberalismo
https://t.co/GcdAzTMzeF

[EndAusterityCampaign @EndToAusterity]

Austerity is good...

#Austerity is a virtue that all civilizations have praised. But the "austerity policies" endorsed by the #WorldBank and the #IMF actually ressemble what the classic Greek called "hybris" the humilliating crime of arrogant excess.

https://t.co/sR3jTY1eoe

[EndAusterityCampaign @EndToAusterity]

The End Austerity Coalition is proud to announce that Roberto Bissio has been appointed Coordinator of the #EndAusterity Campaign (EAC). Roberto is an Uruguayan journalist & campaigner with deep experience defending social justice, women's rights & environmental sustainability

[Ziad Abdel Samad @ziadas]

How and why ANND was founded mid nineties last century @ArabNGONetwork @RBissio @socwatch @gpolicywatch @TWNetwork

[Roberto Bissio @RBissio]

As the US intends to buy Greenland, it is worth remembering how Louisiana was bought from Napoleon... who had no right to sell it. The sell was only possible thanks to the "desperate courage of 5 hundred thousand Haytian negroes who would not be enslaved."
https://t.co/O95GhaRPhn

[Roberto Bissio @RBissio]

Once upon a time the US wanted badly to acquire a neighboring island of strategic value.
Three US diplomats concluded that if the owner refused to sell “by every law, human and divine, we shall be justified in wresting it from ((an European kingdom)).
https://t.co/D7DwHexsD0

[Roberto Bissio @RBissio]

Érase una vez que Estados Unidos deseaba fervientemente adquirir una isla vecina de gran valor estratégico.
Tres destacados diplomáticos concluyeron que «según todas las leyes, humanas y divinas, estaremos justificados para arrebatarla...».

https://t.co/C2eW2UDo7I

[Coalition for the UN We Need @c4unwn]

Now at #UNGA80 #PeoplesAssembly: @rbissio of @thesocialwatch notes that countries spend money on wars instead of #poverty eradication.

[António Guterres @antonioguterres]

Gaza is more than a humanitarian crisis – it is a moral crisis that challenges the global conscience.

We will continue to speak out.

But words don’t feed hungry children.

The @UN stands ready to make the most of a ceasefire to dramatically scale up humanitarian operations.

[Roberto Bissio @RBissio]

The Sevilla consensus: "You're on your own, kid!"

The UN conference on financing development reaffirms multilateralism, but left developing countries empty-handed.
#UN #developingcountries #Finance
https://t.co/JFal5kxztW

[Arab NGO Network for Development @ArabNGONetwork]

ANND's Newsletter is out!
IMF Policies: No Rule Fits All

Across six countries, diverse journeys shaped by IMF policies. Stories from Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia & Argentina

Newsletter Opening by Hassan Sherry: The IMF in the Arab Region: Reform Narratives and Policy Dilemmas https://t.co/w1awcd35mY

A comprehensive look at the debt crisis in the Arab region by Ziad Abdel Samad : The Debt Crisis in the Arab World: Between Financial Sovereignty and Social Rights https://t.co/VvbldD6ORV

Rhetorical Hypocrisy and Ideological Rigidity at the IMF - Salma Hussein https://t.co/R6zyKmTlA4

Lebanon and the IMF: A Crisis of Will - Dr. Khalil Gebara https://t.co/b6yON2GYeR

Jordan and the IMF: From Rescue to Dependency - Ahmad Awad https://t.co/nzTV15vG0X

Tunisia–IMF: An Amicable Divorce - Ghazi Boulila https://t.co/3Bwgtix4eJ

IMF Policies and Their Impact on Morocco's Development Paths – Majida Damou https://t.co/95lWXGFKQ1

IMF to the rescue of Trump’s allies in Argentina (again) - Roberto Bissio https://t.co/eStMeKY4tS

Insights from ANND at the IMF Meetings with our colleague Diam Abou Diab https://t.co/4KECxHiQU7

[Roberto Bissio @RBissio]

@grielpapa La iniciativa de @LulaOficial, @GabrielBoric, @petrogustavo, @sanchezcastejon y @OrsiYamandu fue felicitada por el Foro Global por la Justicia Digital

https://t.co/xH3oQTlUrS

[Ben Norton @BenjaminNorton]

Uruguay has a new left-wing President Yamandú Orsi, and in his first speech, he distinguished himself clearly from Argentina's far-right, billionaire-sponsored, US puppet leader Javier Milei.
https://t.co/Qpuiip0SaF

Orsi said:
"There is an ultra-individualistic concept of 'freedom' that preaches domination by the strongest. This will never be our notion of freedom. The individual freedom in which we believe is the key to co-existence and the equality of opportunities in the essential aspects of life.

"How much 'freedom' can be exercised or enjoyed by a compatriot who has to spend weeks going on a pilgrimage to a health center to get their medicine?

"How 'free' is someone who suffers from serious problems with housing or work?

"How 'free' are women who feel violated on the street or behind closed doors in their homes?

"What individual freedom can be exercised amid collective inequality?"

[IT for Change @ITforChange]

We sincerely hope that this initiative of the Presidents of Chile, Spain, Brazil, Colombia, and Uruguay will overcome the many challenges ahead, as it is vital to securing the future of democracy. GDJF hopes that our research and campaigning for digital justice can contribute to its objectives.

Read the statement: https://t.co/Ujrk1Sou7E

[IT for Change @ITforChange]

The GDJF’s recent call to action, ‘Now is the time to take action for digital justice,‘ endorsed by more than fifty civil society organizations worldwide, aligns closely with the priorities outlined in the 26 February statement. In our statement, we decry the tightening stranglehold of political and corporate authoritarianism on the internet and envisage a future where technology is harnessed to empower people and protect the planet.

Read the statement here: https://t.co/Ujrk1Sou7E