Moneylenders Frontline : Season 1 Episode 24
Not Rated PBS 1h 00m int(0)
Aired: July 11th, 1983 @ 9:00 PM EST on PBS
Developing countries have borrowed hundreds of billions of dollars from Western banks. Some of the biggest borrowers, Brazil and Mexico,are struggling even to repay the interest. Correspondent Anthony Sampson finds that threats to repudiate the loans are causing American bankers to fear financial catastrophe.