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Compare and contrast…

March, 7, 2008 · 1 Comment

I’m surprised no one has commented on this, but do you notice something about OUR friend Alvaro Uribe of Colombia (owner of the magic laptop) as compared to the “FARC-ed” leaders of Ecuador and Venezuela?

Hey… don’t call me nuts. The Free Republic is quoting a Colombian reporter as saying the two guys on the right (in the photo, not in their politics) are in cahoots with this dude:

That, of course, makes no sense. None of the U.S. Presidential candidates seem to know diddly-squat about Latin America.

Categories: Americas (outside U.S. and Mexico) · Colombia · Crack-pots · Ecuador · Venezuela

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billy // March, 17, 2008 at 10:11 am

Wow i never knew that.

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