MEXICAN FARMER DEL VALLE SPEAKS DURING A PROTEST IN SAN SALVADOR ATENCO, 2003-03-09 (photo)

Mexican Farmer, Ignacio del Valle speaks in front of central park of San Salvador Atenco, a small town in the state of Mexico during a meeting to protest local elections being held throughout the country's most populous state on March 9, 2003. The farmers also shut down some polling stations and said the protests during the election were to pressure the government to release some of their leaders arrested last year during violent protests against government plans to build a large new airport near Atenco. President Vicente Fox and his conservative National Action Party have been unable to push their reform agenda through Congress because they do not have a majority. REUTERS/Henry Romero HR/HK