Anti-CAFTA Protest Photos


Protesters clash with police at CAFTA protest in Guatemala City, March 10, 2005



A Costa Rican protester wearing a death mask carries a poster reading "Free Trade Agreement will be the Death of Democracy" during a march against CAFTA in San Jose, Costa Rica, November 24, 2003.



University students and public employees protesting against high taxes low wages, and CAFTA in San Jose Costa Rica, Aug. 30, 2004.



Costa Rican protesters carry a sign reading "TLC (Free Trade Agreement) Terror Gravestone Capitalist" during a march against CAFTA in San Jose, Costa Rica, November 24, 2003. Thousands of union members and students protested.



A group of demonstrators protest against the Free Trade Agreement in front of the National Congress in Guatemala City, Monday, Feb 14, 2005. According to the demonstrators CAFTA's plans to expand the patent monopolies of U.S. pharmaceutical companies in Central America will make generic AIDS drugs less affordable. The yellow sign at center reads "Two pills per day save a life."



Protesters prepare to throw stones against members of the national police in Guatemala City, Guatemala, Wednesday, March 9, 2005. Hundreds of protesters blocked lawmakers from voting on a free-trade agreement between Central America and the United States (CAFTA).



Virginia Zet breastfeeds her son Brian Tubac Zea (3 months) during a corn and bean farmers protest against CAFTA, in Guatemala City, May 13, 2003. Protesters gathered near the hotel where U.S. and Central American officials were gathering to discuss trade.



Protesters in front a US Embassy during an anti-CAFTA protest in Guatemala City, March 11, 2005. Guatemala's Congress voted overwhelmingly on March 10 to ratify the trade pact.


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