Eliminate All Illegitimate and Odious Debts - Be they for weapons,
palaces, or useless power plants.
- Why are the people in the Philippines expected to repay debt incurred
by the greed of the former president Marcos,who is estimated to have
fled into exile with some US$5 to US$13 billion in 1986.
- Why should the people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly
Zaire) be expected to repay over US$13 billion stolen by the dictator
Mobutu.
- Why are the people of Bolivia having to pay the US$3 billion contracted to the military junta by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund
SOME CASES OF ODIOUS DEBTS - SHOULD THE WORLD'S POOR HAVE TO REPAY THESE DEBTS?
| Country | Dictatorship | Odious Debts US$ Billions |
| Indonesia | Suharto | 126 |
| Brazil | Military junta | 100 |
| Argentina | Military junta | 65 |
| Philippines | Marcos | 40 |
| Syria | Assad | 22 |
| South Africa | Apartheid | 22 |
| Pakistan | Military | 19 |
| Sudan | Nimeiry/al-Mahdi | 17 |
| Thailand | Military | 14 |
| Nigeria | Buhari/Abacha | 14 |
| Chile | Pinochet | 13 |
| Zaire/DRC | Mobutu | 13 |
| Algeria | Military | 5 |
| Iran | Shah | 5 |
| Kenya | Moi | 4 |
| Ethiopia | Mengistu | 4 |
| Bolivia | Military junta | 3 |
| Somalia | Siad Barre | 2 |
| Paraguay | Stroessner | 2 |
| Malawi | Banda | 2 |
| El Salvador | Military junta | 1 |
| Liberia | Doe | 1 |
| Haiti | Duvalier | 1 |
Source: Hanlon (2002:49) |
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