World Social Forum opens in Dakar to thousands of marchers
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The first World Social Forum started in Porto Alegre, Brazil in the year 2001. It was meant to serve as a counter to the 'elite' World Economic Forum, which always takes place in Davos, the Swiss elegant ski resort, where attendance commands a hefty price. The WSF is described as a leftist gathering of nations opposed to globalization and the effects it has had on the world's developing and poor countries.
As the conference opened yesterday in the Senegalese capital of Dakar, reports estimated that 10,000 to 60,000 people from every continent were marching to support opposition to the regime of 83 year-old President Abdoulaye Wade, and a candidate for a third term in 2012. There was overall support in the March for the end of autocratic regimes.
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As the conference opened yesterday in the Senegalese capital of Dakar, reports estimated that 10,000 to 60,000 people from every continent were marching to support opposition to the regime of 83 year-old President Abdoulaye Wade, and a candidate for a third term in 2012. There was overall support in the March for the end of autocratic regimes.
Continue reading on Examiner.com: World Social Forum opens in Dakar to thousands of marchers - National Foreign Policy | Examiner.com http://www.examiner.com/foreign-policy-in-national/world-social-forum-opens-daka...
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