https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/04/04-6
It's probably too late to hope for something happening, it's been six months.
Besides being much older than the vegetable seller in Tunisia, I wonder what
the difference was between the pharmacist and the fellow who gets a lot of
credit for the Arab Spring:
In Athens, witnesses said the man appeared in the busy square during the morning rush hour, put a gun to his head and pulled the trigger after yelling out: "I have debts, I can't stand this anymore."
Another passerby told Greek television the man said, "I don't want to leave my debts to my children."
A suicide note found in his pocket blamed politicians and financial troubles for pushing him over the edge, police said.
The government had "annihilated any hope for my survival and I could not get any justice. I cannot find any other form of struggle except a dignified end before I have to start scrounging for food from the rubbish," the note said.
HOLY CR*P:
Adding a second link to this Global Vulture story:
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/argentina_orders_evacuation_of_ship_MUVPoyiJs7b92uRYvC4sxJ?utm_source=SFnewyorkpost&utm_medium=SFnewyorkpost
Incredible, the Argentine Navy just lost a training ship in Africa, because Singer found a judge in Ghana who would....
....judge acted on a claim by NML Capital Ltd., which is based in the Cayman Islands. Its owner, billionaire investor Paul Singer, leads a group demanding payment in full, plus interest, for dollar-based Argentine bonds bought at fire sale prices after the country's economy collapsed a decade ago, forcing a sharp devaluation of its currency.
The vast majority of bondholders accepted about 30 cents on the dollar years ago, which is roughly what the holdouts led by Singer initially paid for the bonds....
Said the Argentine Foreign Minister:
"... the judge's intention to obligate a sovereign nation to negotiate with an entity dedicated to financial piracy from its fiscal hideaway in the Caribbean. This is the only unacceptable option for Argentina..."
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