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Tag: dominican republic

Make Latin America Great Again!

February 8, 2018 Colin

My proposal to redraw the national borders of Latin America to eliminate shithole countries and city-states in order in favor of great, proud nations.

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Sex Tourism, Free Speech and Cuba Dave in a Costa Rica Prison

November 24, 2015 Colin

Whoremonger David Strecker, a.k.a. “Cuba Dave,” is locked up in Costa Rica for promoting sex tourism. Strecker’s case raises questions of free speech in Latin America.

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Rafael Trujillo’s Dominican Republic

September 10, 2012 Colin

SUMMARY: Review of The Feast of the Goat, Mario Vargas Llosa’s book on Dominican Republic’s dictator of 30 years, Rafael Trujillo.

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