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#Shock-Doctrine

Events indexed under #Shock-Doctrine — 21 entries in the record.

21 events From Nov 5, 1980 To May 15, 2020 Open in filter view →
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DateEventLanesStatus
2020-05-15Puerto Rico Selects LUMA Energy for $1.5 Billion Grid Privatization Following McKinsey's Recommendations, Quanta Services Connection Raises Questions 11 src
McKinsey & Company · Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico
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2019-10-03Ecuador Indigenous Uprising Forces Moreno to Withdraw IMF-Backed Fuel Subsidy Cuts 3 src
International Monetary Fund
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2017-09-20Hurricane Maria Devastates Puerto Rico, Exposing Infrastructure Collapse While McKinsey Continues Advising on Privatization and Austerity 5 src
McKinsey & Company · Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico
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2017-03-30McKinsey Proposes 'Detention Savings Opportunities': Cuts to Food, Medical Care, and Guard Supervision for Migrants 5 src
McKinsey & Company · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
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2017-03-13McKinsey-Designed Fiscal Plan Mandates Devastating Austerity: Pension Cuts, School Closures, Healthcare Privatization, Furloughs 5 src
McKinsey & Company · Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico · Puerto Rico Government
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2016-06-30Obama Signs PROMESA Creating Unelected Fiscal Control Board to Govern Puerto Rico's $72 Billion Debt Crisis 5 src
Barack Obama · U.S. Congress · Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico · Puerto Rico Government
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2016-05-01Puerto Rico Defaults on $422 Million Bond Payment, Triggering Largest Municipal Debt Crisis in U.S. History 12 src
Puerto Rico Government
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2015-08-19Greece Accepts Third Bailout of €86 Billion Despite 61% Referendum Rejection Six Weeks Earlier 3 src
International Monetary Fund · European Central Bank · European Commission · Angela Merkel
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2015-07-05Greeks Vote 61% 'Oxi' (No) to Reject Troika Austerity in Historic Referendum 3 src
European Commission · International Monetary Fund · European Central Bank
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2012-03-09Greece Accepts Second Troika Bailout of €130 Billion with 53.5% Private Debt Haircut 3 src
International Monetary Fund · European Central Bank
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2010-05-02European Commission, ECB, and IMF Form 'Troika' and Impose First Greek Bailout with Harsh Austerity 3 src
European Commission · European Central Bank · International Monetary Fund · Angela Merkel
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2003-09-19Paul Bremer Issues CPA Order 39 Imposing Radical Free Market Restructuring on Occupied Iraq 6 src
Paul Bremer · Coalition Provisional Authority · George W. Bush
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2003-05-06Paul Bremer Begins Issuing 'CPA 100 Orders' to Restructure Iraq's Economy Under Military Occupation 6 src
Paul Bremer · Coalition Provisional Authority · George W. Bush · Donald Rumsfeld · +1
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2001-12-22Argentina Declares Largest Sovereign Default in History on $100+ Billion Debt After IMF Austerity Collapse 3 src
International Monetary Fund · Fernando de la Rúa
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2001-12-01Argentina Imposes 'Corralito' Bank Account Freeze Under IMF Austerity, Triggering Mass Protests 3 src
International Monetary Fund · Fernando de la Rúa
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2001-07-13Argentina Passes 'Zero Deficit Law' Under IMF Pressure, Cutting Salaries and Pensions 13% 3 src
International Monetary Fund · Fernando de la Rúa
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2000-01-21Bolivia's Cochabamba Water War: Indigenous-Led Uprising Forces Reversal of World Bank-Mandated Bechtel Privatization 3 src
World Bank
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2000-01-09Ecuador President Mahuad Announces Dollarization 'Jump Into the Abyss' Amid Economic Crisis 3 src
International Monetary Fund · World Bank
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1992-10-01Russia Begins Mass Voucher Privatization: 148 Million Citizens Given Certificates Worth 'Two Volga Cars' That Become Worthless 7 src
Anatoly Chubais · Boris Yeltsin · Russian Government
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1992-01-02Russia Launches 'Shock Therapy' Economic Reforms: Price Liberalization Triggers 2,520% Inflation and Economic Collapse 5 src
Boris Yeltsin · Harvard University · International Monetary Fund · Russian Government
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1980-11-05Edward Seaga Defeats Michael Manley in Jamaica Election, Immediately Re-Engages IMF Structural Adjustment 3 src
International Monetary Fund · World Bank
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