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To: Sam who wrote (5490)	2/1/2002 1:28:56 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Respond to of 33421

Hi John, Thanks for pointing out the LA Times article. My blood was only on a simmer before that. <gg> There was an interesting tidbit on NPR's "Morning Edition" earlier today. Competing with the World Economic Forum (or, Masters of the Universe do New York), there is a vastly more humane gathering going on Porto Alegre, Brazil, the Forum Social Mundial, or World Social Forum: forumsocialmundial.org.br NPR interviewed one participant down there, who pointed out that of the four recent neo-liberal (Latin America's term for free trade) Presidents to serve in Latin America (including Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and ???) all left office under a cloud of controversy over their corruption. It seems that 'free trade' and corruption are synonymous terms. Who knew? -Ray