June 28, 2011     Permalink Tweet: Greek Officials Attempt to Block U.S. Boat to Gaza From Leaving Port: .ly/lFsema Submitted by Michael Dewey

Mark Weisbrot, Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, said: "Greece is not going to be able to meet the targets that it is pledging to the IMF and the European authorities. In this situation the IMF and therefore the U.S. government will have enormous leverage because the Fund and EU authorities will decide what will be acceptable benchmarks for Greece to receive future tranches of IMF/EU funding."