The following excerpt is from a February 24, 2010 article published by The Latin American Herald Tribune. Click here to read the article in its entirety.
GUATEMALA CITY – Thousands of teachers from all of Guatemala’s 22 provinces occupied the capital’s Constitution Square on Wednesday to press the government for a 16 percent pay raise.
While union official Rumulado Maldonado told Efe that some 70,000 teachers were taking part, the number in Constitution Square was closer to 5,000.
The head of the ANM union that convened the protest, Joviel Acevedo, said the teachers will remain camped out in the square in tents and cardboard boxes…
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