[DraconisRex]

Part of it is the inevitible reaction of people to the continuing problem of the United States and other first world countries acting in a colonial manner.
Part of it is the buried racism that first world countries have toward the people of third world countries. Part of it is just as Enron executives exploited investors, the first world has, by and large, exploited the third world. Disclaimer: All of these are more complicated than the synoptic over-view I presented.

The large part is the 1st world put tons of pressure on 3rd world countries to do things like deliever 1st world medical services, adopt 1st world farming practices, etc., etc. Unfortunatly, these practices were NOT economically viable in these countries.

Then, these countries, after running up all this debt on first world medical equipment, first world farming equipment, etc. were slapped across the back of the hand. Now, they are forced to close the hospitals. Deny social services. Abandon the land that was ruined by first world (situationally defective) farming practices, etc.

So, yeah, they're mad. So, yeah, some idiots from first world countries over-do-it and want to "shut cities" down. What else is new?

In the end, you have two diametrically opposed lunatic factions. The World Bank and the Protesters. But one side is accorded respectibility and has all the power. The other side has only one weapon: emotion.

What is dangerous is when those factions end up on the same side. Then we have the HIV/AIDS fiasco.