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Crazy Ass Moments in LatAm Politics
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Crazy Ass Moments in LatAm Politics
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A catalogue of eccentric political moments of the world's wackiest yet peaceful region. DMs are always welcome.
Joined April 2022
- During yesterday's far-right storming of Congress, someone decided to start selling candy cottons to the attackers.
- The Colombian Ministry of Interior posted a now deleted tweet about the Super Mario Bros. Movie which said, "I hope Luigi is gay".
- The Brazilian State of Rio Grande do Norte used Barbie in their ID card renewal campaign, saying that "Don't be like Ken, have your own identity (card)".
- Brazilian Environment minister Marina Silva retweeted a post which says she dresses like an airbender from the TV show Avatar: The Last Airbender.
- On October 30, 2001, the iconic Diego Armando Maradona decided to dress up as Bin Laden to celebrate his 62nd birthday and Halloween.
- The Israeli Embassy in Brazil posted a map where they labeled the country of Turkey as "Peru".
- The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) creates a World Map with Brazil in its center.
- Javier Milei, President of Argentina, liked a meme which said "If the child is a boy, name it Javier. If the child is a girl, name it Milei".
- El Salvador’s President, Nayib Bukele, asked Grok who is the World’s most popular president. Grok replied that it is Claudia Sheinbaum, the President of Mexico.
- An argentine political journalist used Paw Patrol toys to explain President Milei's ban of street blockade protests.
- Barack Obama's official Twitter account followed a brazilian page called "Puteiros do Brasil" (Whorehouses of Brazil).
- La Libertad Avanza, Javier Milei's political party, uses a Garfield meme to criticize Massa.
- After Zohran Mamdani's victory in NYC, President Gustavo Petro of Colombia retweeted a post which uses Zohran and his wife to affirm that if men "learn how to submit" a good woman will appear.
