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Latinos Protest Against Vietnam

How a Mexican-American march descended into chaos, Hurricane Katrina plus mass executions in Iran and the world's best selling annual, the Guinness Book of records.

How a Mexican-American march against the Vietnam War descended into chaos in 1970, Hurricane Katrina plus mass executions in Iran, the assassination of the Philippines opposition leader Benigno Aquino and the Guinness Book of records, the world's best selling annual.

PHOTO: The poster for the Chicano Moratorium (Courtesy: Rosalio Munoz).

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