] SAO PAULO, Brazil - More than 2,000 anti-war protesters
] on Friday marched to the U.S. Consulate, where they
] burned American flags and tossed balloons filled with
] pink paint.
]
]
] The protesters also threw chocolate eclairs at the
] consulate, shouting "Let's bombard the consulate!" In
] Portuguese, chocolate eclairs are called "bombas de
] chocolate," which translates as "chocolate bombs."
]
] The consulate closed at 11 a.m., shortly before the
] protesters arrived and began their raucous demonstration.
] Some of the paint-filled balloons found their mark on a
] guard house outside the consulate, but none hit the
] building itself.