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21 March 2011 |
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Chileans
March
against
War,
Obama's
Visit
Santiago
de Chile
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Leftist
parties,
professors,
students,
human
rights
activists,
and the
Chilean
people
in
general
are
marching
Sunday
against
U.S.
President
Barack
Obama''s
visit
and
warmongering
in the
Middle
East.
Since
very
early
today,
Chileans
joined a
demonstration
that
marched
from
Italia
Square
to Armas
de
Santiago
Square,
where a
cultural-political
rally
will
take
place
with the
motto
For
Peace
and
Against
War.
The
announcement
on
Thursday
of the
protest
referred
to the
U.S.
interventionist
policies,
and
condemned
the
warmongering
against
the
Middle
East,
and the
attack
on Libya
by the
United
States
and its
allies
is
expected
to be
strongly
condemned
by the
protesters.
When
calling
to join
the
demonstration
Sunday,
less
than 24
hours
after
Obama
arrived
in
Chile,
organizers
urged
the
United
States
to
respect
the
emancipation
and
liberation
processes
in Latin
America,
and to
stop
attacking
Cuba,
Venezuela,
Ecuador,
Nicaragua,
and
Bolivia.
They
also
urged
Obama to
assume
his
country's
responsibility
in the
military
coup
against
the
Salvador
Allende
government,
an
incident
that has
allowed
serious
human
rights
violations
go
unpunished
in the
country,
according
to
Chilean
leftists.
In
addition,
the
protesters
called
for
lifting
the
prolonged
U.S.
blockade
of Cuba,
and to
immediately
release
the five
Cuban
antiterrorists
imprisoned
in the
United
States
for more
than 12
years.
Obama is
very far
from
honoring
the
Nobel
Peace
Prize he
was
given in
2009,
said the
president
of the
Federation
of
Chilean
Students,
Camila
Vallejos.
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