Peruvian woman holds a sign proclaiming "Free trade, NO" and "Fair Trade not Free Trade", as police officers guard, during a protest in front of the U.S. residence in Lima, September 22, 2005. Determined to block a U.S. -Andean free-trade pact they say will wreck their farms, double drugs costs and cost them jobs, hundreds of Peruvians marched through the streets on Thursday as negotiators said nearly 90 percent of the deal was done.
(taken 09/22/05)
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