Thousands of Mexican farmers, many riding tractors and
herding cows, have marched through Mexico City to demand government protection
against cheap US agricultural imports.
A one-month extraordinary parliamentary session will
assemble today amid expectations of heated wrangling among rival parties over
the ratification of a free trade deal with the United
States.
Representatives of 152 countries of the World Trade
Organization (WTO) have gathered in Geneva, Switzerland to reach an agreement
for the so-called Doha-round.