May Justice Be Done

May Justice Be Done carefully follows the renegotiation of the external debt, actions referred to as the Megacanje. a bond exchange program designed to postpone impending maturity dates in exchange for an increased interest rate. When the state could not reimburse the bonds as they matured, government officials, betting on economic recovery, exchanged the treasury bonds with creditors for bonds at a higher interest rate that would be redeemed at a still later date. By law, Congress needed to approve the transaction. On the contrary, however, the Congress was not involved in the process.
　　The film transports us to the poorest neighborhoods of Buenos Aires where we come face-to-face with the victims of neo-liberal economic policies, those suffering from a lack of food, health care, and employment. Spontaneous demonstrations broke out in 2001, forcing the government to declare a state of emergency. New social organizations and neighborhood groups were formed, demanding that justice be served. Several community groups have charged the state actors involved with financial malfeasance, citing fraud, association with criminals, a betrayal of civil duty, and economic subversion. May Justice Be Done reveals that the Argentine population has not stood idly by throughout the devastation of the country economy.