A reader writes: “Dear BoRev, has anything of note happened anywhere in other parts of South America that are of interest to BoRev readers yet not happening in Venezuela proper and perhaps sexy or tragic or ironic in some manner?” (What, you don’t believe me? Fuck you. It’s my website). I respond: “Claro K-C, dear reader. Ferinstance:
>>> Yesterday the powerful and comely wife of a popular Argentine president captured the hearts of her countrymen in an against all odds rags-to-riches triumph. Despised by the elites yet beloved by the masses such that the U.S. press are constantly comparing her to… Hillary, because journalists are idiots and musical theater is kind of gay. Che’s hair narrates!>>> Meanwhile, the Best Democracy Ever managed to hold a national election in which only 30 of the major candidates were murdered. Oh and anti-Uribe leftists won three of the most powerful seats in the country so we can start blaming Colombia for the cocaine again.
>>> And finally: Ecuador may be small, but Rafael Correa knows how to work it. President Hunky McHotsalot used his considerable charms—and a generous slathering of petroleum products—to glide his country masterfully into the eager folds of OPEC. With minimal friction.
Is it hot in here, gentle reader?
