Word: protesters
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Five uniformed police officers were present throughout the demonstration, but did not interfere with the protest. The group did not obtain any permits to camp in front of the building, but said they plan to stay until the bombing stops or they are removed...
Sanchez, who is a Puerto Rican native, visited Vieques during winter break, and has been actively involved with Perl-Matanzo in the campaign to end U.S. testing there. She attended the protest on Friday and said she plans to camp out at the JFK building this Wednesday night...
This is what the relocation of one little boy can do to a great nation: By Tuesday, Little Havana had padlocked its doors in silent protest at the removal of Elian Gonzalez by federal agents. That night 17 Cuban-American major league baseball players and coaches refused to show up for their games. Next, voters re-registered as Republicans in Union City, N.J., the big Cuban-American enclave in a battleground state. By Friday, Miami's Cuban-American mayor had fired the city manager and provoked the departure of the police chief for their minor roles in support...
There has been a recent resurgence of protest over the use of genetically advanced food. In Europe, protesters have threatened to boycott American produce, and many foreign supermarkets have acquiesced to this sentiment by no longer carrying the food. Hundreds of protestors attended a conference at The Hague earlier this year, dressing up as mutilated animals and chanting "Frankenfood...
...Camp Garcia base, built on land expropriated from locals some 50 years ago and considered vital by the military, became the focus of nationalist protest after a security guard was killed by a stray bomb last year. But Clinton's bombing-for-cash deal with the local political establishment appears to have left more nationalist-minded Puerto Ricans unimpressed, creating the current standoff. The protesters may not be able to stop the Navy from resuming its bombing exercises, but they're hoping the spectacle of federal agents dragging off passive resisters will make the political cost of removing them prohibitive...