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The background of the poster has two color photographs; at top a photo of young children with their arms outstretched towards a uniformed soldier at bottom a man and woman in colorful swim suits are sitting on a beach at the edge of the water. Where the two photos meet the poster has text in red and yellow: "Your Dollars Go A Long Way / in Mexico". The lower left corner has text in black: "U.S. investment in Mexico is at an all time / high. So are murder, torture, rape and dis- / appearances. Seventy thousand soldiers / occupy the state of Chiapas, driving indig- / enous people from their villages. Soldiers / are also on patrol against unrest in Oxaca / and Guerrero and U.S. taxpayers are foot- / ing the bill - $190 million in weapons to / Mexico since the people of Chiapas rose up / in 1994. Mexican human rights supporters / are jailed, and U.S. and other international / human rights observers are deported. / Stop Military Aid to Mexico / for more information call FireWorx at (415) 431-3594, www.fireworx.org".