Protests ahead of LatAm-EU summit in Chile

26/01/13 10:05 CET

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Unions and leftist groups have pre-empted a meeting of European and Latin American leaders in Chile by holding their own ‘People’s Summit’. Thousands of protesters also marched through the capital Santiago calling for an alternative to free market capitalism.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy will attend the originally-planned business summit which lasts until tomorrow.

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