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120 Arrested in Anti-Bush Protests in Colombia
In Columbia, 120 were arrested on Sunday during President Bush's visit to the capital of Bogota. Protesters clashed with police as Bush met with Colombian president Alvaro Uribe during a brief seven-hour trip to the capital. Thousands of protesters took to the streets to criticize President Bush's foreign policy.

• Colombian protester: "He represents the crimes that imperialism has committed since the beginning of the 20th century and through this century, he's assassinated thousands in Afghanistan, in Iraq, in Palestine, and he continues to assassinate people, trade unionists, independent farmers in Colombia, that's why we're burning this rubbish flag."

Colombia was the third stop on president Bush's five-country tour of Latin America. Today he is in Guatemala and Mexico.

Bush: America Doesn't Get Enough Credit for Improving Lives
On Friday President Bush held a press conference alongside Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

• President Bush: I don't think America gets enough credit for trying to help improve people's lives. And so my trip is to explain, as clearly as I can, that our nation is generous and compassionate; that when we see poverty, we care; that when we see illiteracy, we want to do something about it; that when we find there to be a deficiency in health care, we'll help to the extent we can."

Chavez to Bush: "Gringo Go Home"
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has been conducting his own tour of the region to counter Bush's trip. On Friday Chavez addressed tens of thousands in Argentina. On Sunday he met with Bolivian President Evo Morales and Ricardo Alorcon, the President of the Cuban National Assembly.

• Hugo Chavez: "Mr President of the United States, what is the fundamental cause of this poverty and of this misery. This is what you represent, precisely, the basic cause, is the Empire which is the main guilty party, neoliberal capitalism is the principal cause of the misery, of the exploitation of the people, that's the main cause of the misery. You are the cause, mister, get out of here. Gringo Go Home!"