Vandana Shiva

...instead of applauding Brazil for its success in fighting AIDS through generic drug production supported under its 1997 Patent Law, and making this kind of law a model, the US has taken Brazil to to the WTO dispute panel in order to force Brazil to undo Brazil's patent laws. If US patent monopolies are globalized through TRIPs as a result of being allowed to undo Brazil's patent laws, then millions of AIDS victims in the Third World will be denied affordable treatment and thus their right to life.