Guatemalan demonstrator marches during work stoppage REUTERS/Mario Linares (tags)
A Guatemalan demonstrator marches during a national one-day work stoppage in Guatemala City August 1, 2001. A national coalition of student, trade unions and business groups called for the protest to oppose a two-point value added tax to 12 percent, that came into effect Wednesday morning. REUTERS/Mario Linares
Guatemala Tax Protests Turn Violent, 83 Arrested (tags)
Guatemalan business men march during a national one-day work stoppage in Guatemala City August 1, 2001. Thousands of banner-waving students, workers and business leaders marched throughout Guatemala (Jorge Silva/Reuters)