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Judi Lynn

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1. Hateful, awful Guillermo Lasso. His "economic recovery" benefits only those who've always benefited

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Wed Jun 15, 2022, 09:22 PM

Jun 2022

from the suffering of the powerless.

They intend to send the leader of the protest, Leonida Iza, to prison for ten years? They will, if they don't simply decide to have him killed, to make an example of him to send a message to all dissenters. This would never have happened with Rafael Correa, of course, but the wealthy couldn't wait to drive him away.

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Hateful, awful Guillermo Lasso. His "economic recovery" benefits only those who've always benefited Judi Lynn Jun 2022 #1

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