"European and American companies companies do create jobs for some people but what they're mainly going to do is make an already wealthy elite wealthier, and increase its greed and strong desire to hang on to power. So immediately and in the long run, these companies - harm the democratic process a great deal."

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Source: Interview with Elizabeth Gettinger, Anne Steptoe, Jeanne-Nicole Saint-Laurent, www.doaks.org. July 16, 2009.

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Aung San Suu Kyi

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Aung San Suu Kyi is a Burmese politician and Nobel laureate known for her leadership in the pro-democracy movement in Myanmar.

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