Meanwhile, one of the world’s most famous critics of corporate globalization and bio-technology — French farmer Jose Bove — has been barred from entering the United States. He was detained last night by U.S. officials after flying into Kennedy Airport in New York and then sent back to France. It remains unclear why Bove was denied entry. Bove was scheduled to speak at a conference in New York put on in part by Cornell University and the Rockefeller Foundation called “Global Companies — Global Unions, Global Research — Global Campaigns.” In 2002 Bove made international headlines when he helped destroy a McDonald’s under construction in France to protest trade policies that hurt small farmers. He has also been a leading opponent of genetically modified crops.