Who Shall Rule the World—and How?

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In the spring of 1992, only six months after the Bangkok World Bank/imf gathering, another developing-country government was completing feverish preparations for a gigantic international conference. The "Earth Summit" in Rio de Janeiro was to be the largest diplomatic gathering in history. Thirty thousand people attended the summit, officially known as the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (unced), in June; 9,000 journalists and 118 heads of state flew to Rio for the global eco-event. Once again, no expense was spared. The government spent $33 million to refurbish a huge convention hall, Rio-Centro, where the official meetings were to take place.1 It built a special seven-kilometer highway at a cost of $130 million, to whisk heads of state from the airport to their luxury hotels. Brazil's national environmental laws, which would have required the preparation of an environmental impact study, were suspended to permit construction in record time.2 KeywordsMontreal

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