Porto Alegre :Planet of the poor, THE INDEPENDENT

The Independent (Bangladesh) | February 7, 2001| | Copyright

Walden Bello
The Independent (Bangladesh)
02-07-2001
"Hemin-gway said that the rich are different from you and me. How can
anyone expect the people in Davos to understand the crisis that globalisation
has visited on the lives of people like those of us here in Porto Alegre?"
That was going to be my opening line. When I arrived at the university
studio for the televised trans-Atlantic debate with George Soros, the financier,
and other representatives of the global elite gathered in Davos, Switzerland,
a visibly shaken Florian Rochat of the Swiss delegation was waiting for
me. Swiss are known for ...

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