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FTAA Protests in Ecuador

category national | miscellaneous | news report author Thursday October 31, 2002 16:43author by Anarkitty

There is a major ministerial meeting of the FTAA (Free Trade Agreement of the Americas) going on in Quito, Ecuador right now. Check out http://www.ecuador.indymedia.org/ for updates.

Most of the stories are in Spanish, but some are available in English. On the newswire right now is a story about the first protest to turn violent - Anti-FTAA Protests Turn Vioent (sic). There are also two posts on the newswire with photos : FOTOS DE LA LLEGADA DE LA MARCHA DE FENOCIN and FOTOS de acción de mujeres contra MacDonalds. Check 'em out.

http://www.indymedia.ie/article/16439

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