"You can't go on milking blood. These countries can't pay it so they'll collapse... but the south is so big, if you have chaos in the south you're not likely to remain stable in the north, are you?" (Julius Nyerere)
"My children's future is black. We have put them in a cul-de-sac, but they have to learn to overcome their problems, however hard. Because Mexico musn't die because of a debt." (Rosario Tamayo, Mexican teacher)
The Third World is entering the 90s burdened with a one thousand billion dollar debt.
Susan George, the internationally acclaimed writer on Third World issues, argues that unless our governments and banks resolve the crisis, millions more children will die, more rainforests will be destroyed and more countries will erupt into riots and civil war. Her film visits Mexico, Tanzania and the Philippines to hear at first hand from some of the people who've been experiencing the impact of a crisis rarely mentioned outside the financial media. Written and presented by Susan George.

Community Programme Unit
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