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By Érica Junghans International finance reform is a priority for multinational social-change groups.
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By Érica Junghans International finance reform is a priority for multinational social-change groups.
By Érica JunghanForced confessions were among the topics at an anti-death penalty conference.
By Érica JunghansThe celebrity leftist opinion leader drew an audience of over 18,000.
By Lucimara NunesA possible U.S.-led war against Iraq has turned into a defining issue at the Porto Alegre conference.
By Nunes & JunghansBrazil’s leader said he will speak for the poor at the World Economic Forum.
By Junghans & NunesOpening ceremonies included a huge peace march, and calls for debt forgiveness for developing nations.
By Lucimara NunesA poll of 15,000 people in 15 countries reveals deep discontent with the global economy.
By Lucimara NunesOrganizers hope to “internationalize” economic alternatives by bringing in African and Asian voices.
By Érica JunghansThe third World Social Forum kicks off amid shifts in the Brazilian political landscape.
By Jennifer Huang | World Power I: Business & Law
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In March 2001, citing safety concerns, ExxonMobil suspended operations at the Arun natural gas fields in Aceh in North Sumatra — an Indonesian province torn by separatist violence. The closure lasted four months, and added up to a loss of $350 million. Production resumed that June after Indonesia increased security forces in the region. But ExxonMobil’s acceptance of government security measures has provoked a lawsuit, Doe v. ExxonMobil, filed against the company by anonymous Acehnese villagers. The suit alleges that, over the last 11 years, the company provided salaries and equipment to military forces responsible for human rights abuses in Aceh (pronounced “Ah-chay”), including sexual assault, kidnapping, murder and genocide.