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120 Arrested in Anti-Bush Protests in Colombia

HeadlineMar 12, 2007

In Colombia, 120 were arrested on Sunday during President Bush’s visit to the capital of Bogota. Protesters clashed with police as Bush met with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe during a brief seven-hour trip to the capital. Thousands of protesters took to the streets to criticize President Bush’s foreign policy.

Colombian protester: “He represents the crimes that imperialism has committed since the beginning of the 20th century and through this century. He’s assassinated thousands in Afghanistan, in Iraq, in Palestine, and he continues to assassinate people, trade unionists, independent farmers in Colombia. That’s why we’re burning this rubbish flag.”

Colombia was the third stop on President Bush’s five-country tour of Latin America. Today he is in Guatemala and Mexico.

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