Maxine Waters urges G-8 to fully cancel poor countries' debts

This week, the Group of 8 countries, or the "G-8,"  will be holding their annual meeting in Sea Island, Georgia. The           significance of this meeting should not be ignored. For nearly six decades, the richest, most industrialized countries of the world have met to set the global agenda for their economic hegemony. For too long these self-appointed "leaders of the world" have ignored deteriorating economic conditions in developing countries. [more]