MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina, Nov. 4 : Protests turned violent Friday at the Summit of the Americas in Argentina where demonstrators hurled rocks and Molotov cocktails at security.
Though thousands of protesters remained peaceful during the meeting of 34 leaders from the Western Hemisphere, a handful engaged riot police, who retaliated by firing tear gas into the crowd.
Just blocks from where the leaders met to talk about economic development and poverty reduction, a building was set on fire.
Police estimated some 15,000 protesters had come to the summit.
The two-day meetings in the seaside Argentine resort of Mar de Plata, some 250 miles south of Buenos Aires, are scheduled to end Saturday with a joint communiqué from the 34 leaders on hand.