Thousands of people have descended on Argentina’s Mar del Plata to protest at the US president’s presence in the town. [MORE]
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez, left and Argentine soccer star Diego Armando Maradona gesture towards crowds during rally against visit of U.S. President Bush in Mar del Plata, Argentina
“Every one of us has brought a shovel, an undertaker’s shovel, because here in Mar del Plata is the tomb of FTAA,” Chavez told a full stadium hosting an alternative Peoples’ Summit before the afternoon start of the two-day meeting of leaders. [LINK]