The 'haves' and 'have-nots' clash in Cancun.(World Trade Organization) From: Catholic New Times | Date: October 5, 2003| Author: Spurgaitis, Kevin | COPYRIGHT 2003 Catholic New Times, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Corporate globalization was again questioned, disputed and diluted in a wave of "peasant protest."

If only briefly, the gap between the haves and the have-nots was virtually non-existent. During the World Trade Organization's fifth Ministerial Meeting held in Cancun between Sept. 10 and 15, leaders of a growing civil society movement tried to debase international free trade that threatens tens of millions of poor farmers. They protested against the elimination of million...