1981
“The gap has yawned wider—a growing gulf between the mostly prosperous Northern Hemisphere and the mostly impoverished wrote at the time of a north-south economic development conference of 22 countries held in Cancún, Mexico. While the magazine promised “The unstructured give-and-take will rise above parochial disputes of various governments and produce mutual understanding,” the summit produced no important agreements. Today, China is South America and Africa’s largest trading partner.
