LIMA (Peru) - HUNDREDS of students rallied on Saturday in Peru outside of the US ambassador's residence to denounce visiting President George W. Bush, blaming him for poverty and human rights abuses.

'Fascist Bush, you are the terrorist!' some 300 leftist students chanted as they marched through the streets of the capital of Peru.

It was the second straight day of peaceful demonstrations against Bush on the final foreign trip of his presidency. Mr Bush is attending a summit of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) body focused on the ailing global economy.

As Apec leaders appealed for free trade, the protesters marched to the ambassador's residence denouncing Mr Bush and the summit. One sign read, 'Apec means hunger and unemployment'.

'The neo-liberalism practiced by this bloc has plunged Latin American people into misery while the rich are getting richer,' said a student organiser.

Some of the students dressed in orange jumpsuits and white masks to denounce the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba for 'war on terror' suspects.

'This is to show the inhumane situation in which Arabs accused of terrorism are being imprisoned,' the organiser said.

Mr Bush's successor Mr Barack Obama, who enjoys wide popularity in much of the world, has pledged to shut down the Guantanamo Bay internment camp. -- AFP