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From: baystock	6/29/2006 1:53:14 AM
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Peru Congress ratifies U.S. trade pact seattlepi.nwsource.com Wednesday, June 28, 2006 · Last updated 2:17 p.m. PT By RICK VECCHIO ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER Demostrators shouts slogans during a protest against a free trade pact with the United States in Lima Peru on Wednesday, June 28, 2006. Peru's Congress overwhelmingly voted to ratify a free trade pact with the United States early Wednesday following a six-hour debate that was interrupted by a small group of recently elected nationalist lawmakers who burst onto the legislative floor in a show of opposition.(AP Photo/Martin Mejia) LIMA, Peru -- Congress overwhelmingly voted to ratify a free trade pact with the United States early Wednesday, rejecting claims the treaty will hurt Peru's farmers by flooding the Andean nation with subsidized cotton, rice, corn and potatoes. Lawmakers voted 79-14, with six abstentions, to approve the deal, which the outgoing government of President Alejandro Toledo reached with Washington late last year. All 25 legislators present from President-elect Alan Garcia's 28-member Aprista party bloc voted "yes" on Wednesday, the congressional press office said.

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