Table 8: Debts which can be attributed to dictators Country
Dictator
Indonesia
Suharto
150
Iraq
Saddam Hussein
122
Brazil
military
100
Argentina
military
65
Philippines
Marcos
40
South Korea
military
30
Nigeria
Buhari/Abacha
30
Syria
Assad
22
South Africa
apartheid
22
Thailand
military
21
Morocco
Hassan II
19
Pakistan
military
19
Sudan
Nimeiry/al-Mahdi
17
Chile
Pinochet
13
Zaire/Congo
Mobutu
13
Peru
Fujimori
9
Ethiopia
Mengistu
8
Algeria
military
5
Iran
Shah Reza Pahlavi
5
Kenya
Moi
5
Mali
Tragore
3
Boliva
military
3
Somalia
Siad Barre
3
Paraguay
Stroessner
3
Malawi
Banda
3
Nicaragua
Somoza
3
Rwanda
Habyarimana
1
El Salvador
military
1
Liberia
Doe I
1
Haiti
Duvalier
1
Uganda
Amin
1
Togo
Eyadema
1
Total
US$bn
$735bn
Source: Joseph Hanlon, ‘Illegitimate’ Loans: lenders, not borrowers, are responsible, Third World Quarterly, Vol. 27, No. 2, 2006, see table 1, p. 217.
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