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FTAA Talks End As Police Violence Erupts in Miami

HeadlineNov 21, 2003

Free Trade Area of the Americas talks ended early last night in Miami after ministers from 34 countries accepted a watered-down proposal in order to save the talks from total collapse. All that was agreed was to scale back the FTAA’s scope in a deal that is being described as ”FTAA-Lite.” Outside the meeting, more than 10,000 union members marched through downtown Miami. Also more than 70 people were arrested and dozens more were injured at the hands of the Miami police. Tear gas and rubber bullets were repeatedly fired at the crowd hitting both protesters and journalists. We’ll have a full report from Miami later in the show.

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