Welcome to Latin America, Mr. Bush

Greenpeace activists wearing masks of US President George W. Bush (L) and Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attend a protest in Sao Paulo. Bush is due in Brazil Thursday on the first leg of a Latin American tour to promote democracy and free trade, amid protests around the region and a counter-trip by arch foe Hugo Chavez of Venezuela.(AFP/Evaristo Sa)

A Sao Paulo's military police agent hits a demonstrator during a protest against the visit of US President George W. Bush, in the main avenue of the Brazil's economic capital. Bush arrived in Brazil's financial and industrial capital Thursday at start of a five-country Latin American swing aimed at bolstering democracy and free trade, an AFP correspondent said.(AFP/Antonio Scorza)

Brazilian Policemen beat a protester during a march against U.S. President George W. Bush in Sao Paulo, Thursday, March 8, 2007. Bush will visit Brazil March 8-9. (AP Photo/Maurilio Cheli)

Members of FUCVAM, an Uruguayan organization that helps the needy solve housing problems, wear T-shirts with portraits of U.S. President George W. Bush and the words 'Get out of Latin America, mass murderer' at the start of a 180 km (111 miles) protest march to the city of Colonia, where Bush and his Uruguayan counterpart Tabare Vazquez will spend a day together on Saturday, in Montevideo March 6, 2007. REUTERS/Andres Stapff (URUGUAY)

A woman walks pass a graffiti that reads 'Get out Bush' in Sao Paulo, Wednesday, March 7, 2007. US President George W. Bush heads to Latin America Thursday to sell his message of democracy, free trade and cooperation with Washington, and to fight the growing sway of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez.( (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Brazilian students paint slogans against US President George W. Bush near a recently defaced electoral campaign poster of Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Bush heads to Latin America Thursday to sell his message of democracy, free trade and cooperation with Washington, and to fight the growing sway of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez.(AFP/Mauricio Lima)

Students in Bogota, Colombia, burn a US flag 07 March 2007 during a demonstration against the upcoming visit of US President George W. Bush to Bogota. Bush left Thursday for a tour of Latin America and a week of meetings aimed at promoting democracy and free trade.(AFP/File/Rodrigo Arangua)