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Over 10,000 Protest Bush At Summit Of The Americas...

Over 10,000 Protest Bush At Summit Of The Americas...
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The Summit of the Americas opened Friday as a battleground over free trade, with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and thousands of protesters vowing to bury a U.S.-led plan to create one of the world's largest free trade zones.

Demonstrators flooded the streets hours before the summit started, shouting insults about the visiting American president and chanting "Get out Bush" and "Fascist Bush! You are the terrorist!"

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