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BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Hundreds of Colombian television actors and workers marched through the streets Monday to protest a proposed free trade deal with the United States that they claim could hurt the local TV industry.
The final round of negotiations for the free trade agreement between the United States, Colombia, Peru and Ecuador began Monday in Washington and is expected to be signed next month. It would break down trade barriers in agriculture but also soften a Colombian law requiring 70 percent of prime-time TV shows be produced in Colombia.
"Our culture will not be negotiated," chanted the protesters, many wearing designer sunglasses, as they strode through downtown streets trailed by a crowd of autograph-seeking fans.
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