Mexico's Poor Ignored at Glitzy G20 Summit

June 19, 2012 from Al Jazeera English

Mexico's President Felipe Calderon has welcomed world leaders at the G20 summit in the hills above the resort of San Jose del Cabo. The summit has been dominated by a spiraling European debt crisis that is scaring markets and paralyzing growth. While heads of the 20 biggest economies discussed the eurozone crisis, addressing the plight of some of the world's poorest people, some meters away from the conference center, was not on the agenda. Al Jazeera's Patty Culhane reports from Los Cabos, Mexico.

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