Trade : Developing countries need to stand united against US-EU WTO reforms (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Washington DC)
The developing countries have their tasks cut out for them at the World Trade Organization as the United States and the European Union are expected to up the ante on "WTO reform, food securit y, respective engagements with third countries" and "non-market economic polic ies and practices" among others.

Opinion : Mikhail Gorbachev, the last statesman (PRIV)
(IPS, Rome)
With the death of Mikhail Gorbachev, th e last great statesman, an entire epoch, disappears.

Peru : Racism hurts people and democracy (PRIV)
(IPS, Lima)
Banning the use of the same bathroom, ins ults and calling people animals are just a few of the daily forms of racism expe rienced by people in Peru, a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic and multi-lingual country where various forms of discrimination are intertwined.