Supports of the 'no' vote celebrate in Athens on the night of July 5.
Leaders of Latin American left-wing governments have congratulated the Greek government and its people after Greece's historic July 5 referendum. Voters rejected debt austerity proposals by Greece's European lenders.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said: 鈥淭he 鈥榥o鈥 vote in Greece is a victory against the financial terrorism carried out by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).鈥
Alexis Tsipras
Supports of the 'no' vote celebrate in Athens on the night of July 5.
Leaders of Latin American left-wing governments have congratulated the Greek government and its people after Greece's historic July 5 referendum. Voters rejected debt austerity proposals by Greece's European lenders.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said: 鈥淭he 鈥榥o鈥 vote in Greece is a victory against the financial terrorism carried out by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).鈥
Streets in cities across Greece has erupted into celebrations as results from Sunday鈥檚 referendum showed voters clearly rejecting the bailout terms put forward by the country鈥檚 lenders.
"The 'No' rally of this evening was quite simply the biggest political rally since the fall of the dictatorship," SYRIZA activist Stathis Kouvelakis said on July 3 of the mass rally to back the SYRIZA government's call for a "No" vote in Greece's July 5 referendum on whether to accept the crippling austerity demanded by the nation's creditors.
The ALBA bloc, comprised of 12 Latin American and Caribbean nations, expressed its support to Greece, as the Mediterranean country continues to renegotiate its debt with eurozone lenders.
In a statement June 28, the bloc, which calls itself a 鈥淧eople鈥檚 Trade Treaty,鈥 said it stands with the Greek people and the SYRIZA government against the "destructive consequences of neoliberal transnational capital," which regional organization said looks to subvert Greek democracy through financial measures.
听Sydney protest in solidarity with Greece, June 28. Photo by Peter Boyle Protests are being planned in the Australian cities of Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra, Armidale and Brisbane in coming days in support of the Greek people and its elected SYRIZA-led government.
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced on June 26 that a referendum will be called over the bailout deal being proposed for the country by Greece's creditors. The deal is pushed by the "Troika" of the European Union, International Monetary Fund and European Central Bank.
Tsipras called an urgent cabinet meeting earlier that day, and later announced to the press plans for the a referendum on July 5. Citizens will be asked 鈥測es鈥 or 鈥渘o鈥 to creditors鈥 proposals. Tsipras has asked the Greek ministerial council to call the referendum.
More than 5000 people rallied in Brussels on June 21.
As Greece's anti-austerity SYRIZA-led government seeks a deal to give it badly needed funds to pay creditors and avoid a collapse of its banking system, 40 groups from across Europe are petitioning for Greece's debt to be cancelled.
The groups say the crisis-hit southern European country is not in a position to repay the debt and it should not have to shoulder a burden accumulated by previous governments.
A preliminary report on the audit of Greece's debt initiated by the Greek parliament declared on June 17 that the debt was 鈥渋llegal, illegitimate and odious鈥.
The debt imposed on Greece and its people by creditors directly infringes the human rights of Greeks and is 鈥渋llegal, illegitimate and odious鈥, declared on June 17.
The finding came as talks between Greece and its creditors finished without a deal on June 18. The International Monetary Fund is threatening the near-bankrupt country with default unless it pays the US$1.7 billion it owes by the June 30 deadline.
Thousands of Greek people took to the streets of Athens on June 17 to reject austerity measures and support the SYRIZA-led government, that day.
For a while in late May, it looked as if negotiations over terms for releasing the last 鈧7.2 billion owed to Greece under its second bailout package with the 鈥淭roika鈥 of the European Union, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund might have some chance of success.
The commentary from the SYRIZA-led Greek government's negotiators and from its creditors was of 鈥渇ruitful discussions鈥 and 鈥渕eaningful progress鈥. Greek government spokespeople even spoke of reaching an agreement 鈥渨ithin a week or two鈥, at the latest by the June 18 meeting of the eurozone finance ministers.
Will Greece's SYRIZA-led government reach a last-minute deal with its creditors, the European Union (EU), European Central Bank (ECB) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - the 鈥淭roika鈥 - to release the last 鈧7.2 billion owed to the country under Greece's second bail-out agreement?
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