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EU aid masks big bully tactics in developing world

When rich nations impose an agenda tailor-made for their own interests on poorer ones, there is only one word that aptly describes their tactics: bullying.

One of the topics addressed at this year's World Social Forum in Nairobi (20-25 January) will be how the European Commission resorts to bullying in its relations with developing countries.

In public relations exercises, the EU institutions like to portray themselves as best friends of the poor. On a superficial level, this l...

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