Clashes mar start to Bush's Latin America tour
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Police fired tear gas and clubbed demonstrators in Brazil's largest city on Thursday as thousands protested against a visit by President Bush aimed at winning friends in Latin America.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil -- President Bush embarked today on his longest trip ever to Latin America in an effort to reassure a region that has felt neglected for years and to offer a fresh U.S. commitment to what he calls "social justice" for the impoverished neighbors of the United States.
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SAO PAULO -- Landless farmers invaded a mine, a bank , and other corporate property in Brazil yesterday to protest the impact of big companies on the poor and President Bush's visit to Latin America's largest nation.
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The US and Mexico try to defuse a row about increasing violence near their shared border.
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President Bush aims to dispel the perception of U.S. neglect of Latin America and burnish an American reputation damaged by the Iraq war, undertaking a second-term diplomatic offensive in the region akin to his recent courting of Europe.
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Not the farm belt, but Brazil is the first, critical stop on the president's Latin American trip.
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As Bush heads to the region, his key allies in Guatemala and El Salvador are reeling from gangland style killings that many believe are related to drug smuggling and corruption
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About 150 protesters attacked riot police with rocks and metal barriers and ripped down lampposts in Colombia's capital on Sunday, just moments after President Bush landed for a six-hour visit.
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Taunted by leftist President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela, President Bush on Friday insisted the United States is not neglecting Latin America and celebrated an alternative-fuels pact with Brazil as proof.
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Worried about the growing influence of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the Bush administration is trying to make friends with more moderate leftist leaders in Latin America, where anti-U.S. sentiment runs high.
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Demonstrators clashed with police in central Rome on Saturday as U.S. President George W. Bush wound up a visit to Pope Benedict and Italian leaders.
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Chilean anti-riot forces in armoured vehicles fired water and tear gas at protesters in central Santiago on Friday, hours before the arrival of US President George W Bush for a major summit.
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A tour of Latin America gives Bush a chance to strengthen ties.  But Venezuela's president thinks it's a trick.
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Hundreds of students protesting against the Apec meeting in Chile and an upcoming visit by US President George W Bush have clashed with riot police.
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MERIDA, Mexico  - President Bush wraps up a five-nation Latin America tour on Wednesday that has increased pressure on him to make changes in American immigration policy.
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Riot police in Santiago, Chile have fired tear gas and water cannon at hundreds of students protesting President Bush&#39;s arrival later this week at an economic summit in the Chilean capital.
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Landless farmers invaded a mine, a bank and other corporate property in Brazil on Wednesday to protest the impact of big companies on the poor and President Bush's visit to Latin America's largest nation.