Posted on 03/22/2011 1:14:05 PM PDT by traumer
The welcome was warm, the setting lavish and both compliments and red wine flowed freely.
But away from the splendour of La Moneda Palace, Barack Obama's whistlestop visit to Chile provoked as much anger as delight. Around 100 people gathered near the government building in Santiago to burn the U.S. flag in protest at both the presence of the president and American policy.
Riot police eventually arrived to disperse the demonstration, leading to ugly scenes on the streets of the Chilean capital Santiago. The demonstration was partially sparked by air strikes on the civil war stricken Libya.
Organiser Juan Cuevas said the U.S. president has increased the U.S. military budget, 'and doesn't hesitate in attacking and invading whatever country that challenges his interests.' Many protesters recalled how the U.S. worked covertly to topple the socialist government of Salvador Allende, who was elected in 1970 and died in Chile's 1973 military coup. 'The United States wants to keep dominating the world,' said Manuel Hernandez, a university student.
Politicians and human rights activists joined an open letter calling on Obama to apologise for U.S. interventions in the 1970s. Inside the palace, the atmosphere was noticeably lighter.
Mrs Obama looked stunning in a full-length fuchsia gown by designer Sophie Theallet who was born in France but is now based in the U.S. The Chilean president Sebastian Pinera opted for some very personal diplomacy declaring that the First Lady was 'very good-looking.' 'President Obama has said the same about the first lady of Chile,' he added, drawing a smile from his American counterpart.
He then went on to reel off a list of things he had in common with Obama - both are left-handed, both studied at Harvard and both are 'sportsmen.' Earlier in the day, the president and first lady,
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Obuggery and the first wookie!
Dude HAD to have been completely hammered
They must like Wookies down their in gay Chile.’
I just saw my first Emerson/Petrobras ad on TV.
I bet he’d propose to Larry Zonka!
Has anyone noticed how Michelle dresses like Winnie Mandella in a trendier way? She wears the same colors and outrageous rags, just shorter and tighter.
Guy has been stuck in a mine too long
maybe he LIKES Tonka Tail!
I did not notice glasses on the Chilean president. Perhaps he has cataracts.
Apparently the Chilean president DOES know Butkus about good looks.
“Dude HAD to have been completely hammered”
Or legally blind.
If in fact the creature was good looking there would be no need to state the obvious.
What a suck-up. He must really want something big from 0bambi.
Don’t be too hard on him. He knows who wears the pants in the white house.
I am not one to judge people based on personal appearances, as we all have our own tastes when it comes to beauty. I find Michelle Obama ugly because of who she is, not because of how she looks.
I can only guess He was bribed to say that about, the mean faced, oily ,fat pig of a woman.
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