Obama signs nuclear energy deal with Chile, thousands march in protest leading up to his visit

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3/21/11, "Anti-US protests in Chile ahead of Obama visit," AFP

"Some 2,000 people marched in downtown Santiago against Obama's visit on Monday in an event

• organized by the environmental group Greenpeace.

The protesters were angry that Chile signed a nuclear energy agreement on Friday with the United States despite Japan's huge atomic crisis.

Like Japan, Chile lies on the Pacific Ring of Fire, a horseshoe-shaped region that is prone to severe earthquakes. Just last year Chile suffered its own monster 8.8 quake

• and accompanying tsunami which killed more than 500 people....

Some 300 people, including influential union leaders and members of Chile's Communist Party, earlier marched in the downtown Plaza de Armas carrying banners that read

• "Obama Persona No Grata" and "Gringos Go Home.""...

Burning of makeshift American flag in Santiago, Chile during protest leading up to Obama visit,
Reuters, 3/21.

Top photo of Chile protests from Bangla News 24
"Anti US protests in Chile ahead of Obama visit"

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