Brazil welcomes Bush with protest

by Kaitlin | March 8, 2007 at 03:56 pm

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South America is one of the more politically active regions in the world--are they really that surprised that Bush's visit got this response?

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Police fired tear gas and clubbed demonstrators in Brazil's largest city on Thursday as thousands protested against a visit by President Bush aimed at winning friends in Latin America.

The incidents marred an otherwise peaceful march in which protesters called Bush a warmonger and a planet polluter.

Bush was due to arrive on Thursday night in Brazil, a country Washington sees as a potential counterweight to the influence of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez and his plans for a socialist revolution in Latin America.