A catalogue of excentric moments of the wackiest yet peaceful region. Now on Bluesky.
Crazy Ass Moments in LatAm Politics
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PS:
This is obviously not a criticism of Luis Galarreta, who was born without hands due to thalidomide use during pregnancy.
It is more of a curiosity about a LatAm politician that recently caught our attention due to the Peruvian elections.
President Lula of Brazil posted a montage of his workouts and asked his followers if they’ve already done theirs today.
Maybe the curse is on Keiko Fujimori, imagine getting 49.9% for a third time in a row...
Peruvian shamans have predicted that Roberto Sánchez will win the current election and become the next President of Peru.
Cidadania, Brazilian political party, has announced a new logo that shows its support for artificial intelligence (with "IA" being the Portuguese acronym for "AI").
During a press conference, President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico threw a soccer ball into the audience and a journalist fell trying to catch it.
Peruvian exit poll, it really seems the country is doomed to have near-50/50 runoffs for the rest of eternity...
The Colombian Liberal Party issued a statement endorsing right-wing candidate Abelardo de la Espriella. However, he had preemptively rejected the endorsement a few days ago, calling the party a corrupt appendix of Gustavo Petro.
President Gustavo Petro of Colombia announced on Twitter that he doesn't recognize the preliminary results of the recent election.
Luis Galarreta, Keiko Fujimori's running mate, has hook-shaped prosthetic hands.