MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina -- A crowd of 10,000 protesters chanting "Get out Bush!" swarmed the streets of this Argentine resort today, hours before the hemisphere's leaders sat down to debate free trade, immigration and job creation ... Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez ... [said] he was "inspired" by the protesters, who ... oppose the U.S.-led negotiations to form a Free Trade Area of the Americas stretching from Alaska to Argentina ... But Bush seemed to be winning over supporters ... 28 of the 34 countries participating in the summit had [reportedly] agreed [behind closed doors] to relaunch trade talks as early as April. |
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