Leaders at Cuba Summit Support
World Bank, IMF Protesters
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United Press International
April 16, 2000
WASHINGTON - Leaders of the world's poorest countries who met in Cuba this week for a three-day summit
voiced solidarity with anti-World Bank/International Monetary Fund protesters the Washington Post reported
Sunday.
About 40 heads of state attended the Group of 77 summit in Havana.
Spokesman for the Group of 77, Arthur Mbanefo, of Nigeria, said on Saturday, "I, for one, support the
demonstrators."
"Many countries have rejected the results of various policy initiatives of the World Bank and IMF," he said.
"We are very supportive of demonstrations that could forcefully handle those concerns," he added.
South African President Thabo Mbeki said, "We believe consciousness is rising, including in the north, about the
inequality and insecurity globalization has broughtabout the plight of the poor countries." Mbeki added that the
skirmishes in Seattle at the WTO meeting and the planned World Bank and IMF protests are a sign of "a
changing atmosphere which a more coherent Third World voice can take advantage of."
Cuban President Fidel Castro called the economic difference between Cuba and the United States "a new
apartheid," the paper reported.
The newspaper also reported that Nigerian President and G-77 Chairman Olusegun Obasanjo said, "It is indeed
time to recover our fighting spirit." He added, "No doubt that from here we go forward, determined to make a
difference."
About 80 percent of the world's population is represented by the Group of 77, which was founded in 1964 to
help alleviate poverty. The group is composed of 133 members.
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