Such demonstrations have become frequent in a country with one of the widest gaps between rich and poor in the world.

VOA: standard.2010.03.21

(Recording) Padilla said there was a fear the country would become socialist especially after Mr.Zelaya made a speech saying Cuban and Venezuelan teachers were coming to the country to teach children what the term "socialism" meant.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

The U.S.support is credited with helping the Philippine government capture or kill key leaders of two Islamic insurgent groups in the country's southern islands, but the VFA has become a target for Filipino leftist and nationalist factions who want it scrapped.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12