CHRONOLOGY/2711990 Gabon. In January, ma] or riots erupt following public sector
strikes against salary and job cuts. Fifty people are injured
and 250 are arrested as a result of government repression.
1990 Morocco. Violent demonstrations take place in Fez against
the implementation of the structural adjustment
programme, 100 students are killed by government forces.
Hunger riots have already taken place in Morocco, especially
in Casablanca in 19 81.
1990 Congo. The government cuts jobs and salaries in the public
sector. A wave of strikes forces the government to withdraw
its measures.
1990- Rwanda. The World Bank and IMF finance the Habyarim-
1993 ana dictatorship, which is preparing a genocide. The
massacres are perpetrated during a three-month period
beginning in April 1994.
1991 Thailand. Despite strong opposition from the population,
the Bank begins funding the Pak Mun dam project, which
endangers the Mekong ecosystem.
1991 Lesotho. The Bank provides S110 million for the Highlands
hydraulic project, even though it will flood major archaeo
logical sites, displace shepherds and poor farmers, and
threaten endangered species. Local groups organise
opposition to the project, whose objective is to redirect water
to South Africa.
1991 Honduras. The national electricity workers' union goes on
strike against government plans to privatise the state-owned
company and cut staff in line with World Bank and IMF
structural adjustment prescriptions. More than 700 workers
are dismissed over three months, the trade union disappears.
1991 India. The Bank and IMF provide more than S200 million
for the construction of a 500 MW thermal power station on
territory belonging to an aboriginal community, to provide
electricity to Bombay. Local groups take the Indian company
to the Bombay High Court and the Indian Supreme Court.
1991 Peru. As part of the 'Fuji-shock', prices on fuel and other
basic products are massively increased. According to many
observers, the poorest sectors of the population of Lima are no
longer able to boil their water, leading to new outbreaks of
cholera.