Sunday, June 22, 2008

South American presidents

The CIEE group met with a senator from the Argentine congress. As we discussed the future of Argentina and the South American continent, the profile of the current presidents was discussed. Here’s an overview of the presidents of the twelve nations of South America:
• Two are women
• Only one is over the age of sixty
• One is of African descent
• One is Hindi
• One is a former Catholic bishop
• Four did not wear neckties to the meeting
• Only one has military service (Chavez)
• There is one doctor, one teacher and one steelworker.
• One president had a father killed by a military dictatorship
• One president was born into to such severe poverty that four of six brothers died before the age of five.

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