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Judi Lynn

(164,041 posts)
10. The White House is the US Presidential Palace.
Sun Mar 18, 2012, 02:39 AM
Mar 2012

We've had gentlefolk attempt to gull readers with the old "presidential palace" crappola before, but as we know, there are Presidential Palaces, all over Latin America.

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Presidential Palace, Bogota, Colombia



Quito, Ecuador's Presidential Palace



Good grief. Presidential Palace, Lima, Peru



La Moneda, Chile’s presidential palace



The earlier Chilean Presidential Palace, being bombed
by the U.S.-supported Chilean military during its coup
in 1973 which destroyed the government of Salvador Allende.



Presidential Palace, Argentina



The First Family meeting President Rousseff
at the Presidential Palace in Brasilia.



Presidential Palace, La Paz, Bolivia



Estevez Palace, the old Presidential Palace
Montevideo, Uruguay. The new one is behind
the botannical gardens & I can't find a photo.



Neil Bush, leaving the Presidential
Palace in Asunción, Paraguay



Surinam's Presidential Palace



Guyana's Presidential Palace

see photo at this link: http://www.trust.org/alertnet/multimedia/pictures/detail.dot?mediaInode=94f21fdd-639b-47a6-9ebd-d49b09e7a4d2

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez speaks from a balcony at Miraflores Palace in Caracas March 17, 2012. Chavez flew home on Friday after cancer surgery in Cuba, vowing to conquer the illness and win an October presidential election despite the need for radiation treatment. REUTERS/Miraflores Palace/Handout [/center]

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Same story, different headline: Thousands rally to welcome Chavez back to Venezuela after cancer su Judi Lynn Mar 2012 #1
Someone in Atlanta dipsydoodle Mar 2012 #2
I wish him the best health. joshcryer Mar 2012 #3
"...rallying thousands of supporters from a balcony of the presidential palace..." unkachuck Mar 2012 #4
That's an amazing point. EFerrari Mar 2012 #5
Could Kim Jong Il rally thousands of supporters? Zorro Mar 2012 #6
you forgot to add.... unkachuck Mar 2012 #7
And which US presidential palace balcony would Bill, Barack, or shrub speak from? Zorro Mar 2012 #8
The White House is the US Presidential Palace. Judi Lynn Mar 2012 #10
The White House is NOT the US Presidential Palace Zorro Mar 2012 #18
Oh, please. The "presidential palaces" all over the world don't house regents, either. Judi Lynn Mar 2012 #21
Seems to be no shortage of balconies at the White House Prometheus Bound Mar 2012 #11
Thanks for the photos of the U.S. American Presidential Palace! LOTSA balcony stuff. n/t Judi Lynn Mar 2012 #13
Are you really so naive COLGATE4 Mar 2012 #15
I can't believe that there are people in this website... Marksman_91 Mar 2012 #9
He has been in office 13 years, not 14 years, having been sworn in in February, 1999. Judi Lynn Mar 2012 #12
I've never heard a Venezuelan here claim to be right wing, the ones in the Latin American forum Bacchus4.0 Mar 2012 #22
If a right-wing poster admitted being right-wing, he'd be outing himself, wouldn't he? Judi Lynn Mar 2012 #23
More info please Viva Mar 2012 #14
Facts? I'll give you facts. Marksman_91 Mar 2012 #17
Thanks for your insights and observations Zorro Mar 2012 #24
yes, thank you for your insights and observations.... unkachuck Mar 2012 #25
130,000 murders a year, you say? Suuuuuuuuuuuure! Prometheus Bound Mar 2012 #27
My bad, I put one more "0" than I intended. Marksman_91 Mar 2012 #31
a retort with facts Viva Mar 2012 #28
This isn't about the US Marksman_91 Mar 2012 #32
Obviously not a Venezuelan eecking his/her way through life on a few centimos a month Catherina Mar 2012 #29
The fact that I'm not a struggling citizen Marksman_91 Mar 2012 #30
I wish you the best madokie Mar 2012 #16
Mostly, as one reads between the lines..... nolabels Mar 2012 #19
Kudos to the Cuban health care system given all the health problems Chavez avaistheone1 Mar 2012 #20
This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Mar 2012 #26
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