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Anti-Globalization Protests Loom at Cancun Talks
Campaigners say they will get their message across peacefully.
"I would hope that we can demonstrate again that the WTO is an organization that should not exist. It is creating more harm economically, socially and environmentally than good," said
Antonia Juhasz, a veteran protester based in San Francisco.
"I would hope that we can demonstrate again that the WTO is an organization that should not exist. It is creating more harm economically, socially and environmentally than good," said
Antonia Juhasz, a veteran protester based in San Francisco.
Anti-Globalization Protests Loom at Cancun Talks
Monday, September 08, 2003 2:02 p.m. ET
By Alistair Bell
CANCUN, Mexico (Reuters) - U.S. environmentalists, militant Mexican peasants and European backpackers descended on the sweltering Caribbean resort of Cancun on Monday for anti-globalization protests at world trade talks.
Truckloads of Mexican police in gray uniforms patrolled the streets around where the World Trade Organization is to open a five-day meeting on Wednesday to nudge its 146 members toward a comprehensive world trade pact by the end of next year.
Monday, September 08, 2003 2:02 p.m. ET
By Alistair Bell
CANCUN, Mexico (Reuters) - U.S. environmentalists, militant Mexican peasants and European backpackers descended on the sweltering Caribbean resort of Cancun on Monday for anti-globalization protests at world trade talks.
Truckloads of Mexican police in gray uniforms patrolled the streets around where the World Trade Organization is to open a five-day meeting on Wednesday to nudge its 146 members toward a comprehensive world trade pact by the end of next year.
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