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Guatemalans March Against US FTA
Hundreds of union members,
farmers, women, indigenous and
representatives of other
Guatemalan sectors marched in
front of the US Embassy Friday
chanting "No to the TLC (Spanish
for free trade treaty).
"We are here to reject the TLC
because it attacks small and
mid-size national businesses and
the right to health, since
cheaper generic medicines would
disappear," one speaker said.
Demonstrators burned a US flag
in protest of what is seen as US
intrusion in Guatemala, "We
don´t want to be a US colony"
was another chant, and against
the anti-immigrant policy of the
US.
A farmer from San Marcos told
Prensa Latina this treaty would
bring more rural poverty because
Guatemalan agricultural produce
cannot compete with
US-subsidized products.
The marchers walked over three
miles from Obelisco, south of
the capital, to historic
Constitution Court to hand over
a formal appeal to stop the
agreement from being enforced.
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