Updated (twice): The Washington Post's Latin American dreamland

Joshua Holland
June 05, 2006

I want to talk about Venezuela and poverty, but first I just have to take down what may be the wackiest Washington Post editorial about Latin America ever.

(I know I spend entirely too much time looking at the WaPo's Latin America coverage, but, hey, every boy needs a hobby and I stopped collecting pogs a while back.)

So let's take a look at the wisdom the Post had for us on Saturday.

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