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We now have an official Instagram page, please follow us at crazylatampol to keep receiving your catalogue of eccentric, unusual and crazy moments from all across Latin America.
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During yesterday's far-right storming of Congress, someone decided to start selling candy cottons to the attackers.
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The Colombian Ministry of Interior posted a now deleted tweet about the Super Mario Bros. Movie which said, "I hope Luigi is gay".
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The Brazilian State of Rio Grande do Norte used Barbie in their ID card renewal campaign, saying that "Don't be like Ken, have your own identity (card)".
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Brazilian Environment minister Marina Silva retweeted a post which says she dresses like an airbender from the TV show Avatar: The Last Airbender.
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On October 30, 2001, the iconic Diego Armando Maradona decided to dress up as Bin Laden to celebrate his 62nd birthday and Halloween.
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The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) creates a World Map with Brazil in its center.
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Javier Milei, President of Argentina, liked a meme which said "If the child is a boy, name it Javier. If the child is a girl, name it Milei".
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An argentine political journalist used Paw Patrol toys to explain President Milei's ban of street blockade protests.
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Barack Obama's official Twitter account followed a brazilian page called "Puteiros do Brasil" (Whorehouses of Brazil).
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La Libertad Avanza, Javier Milei's political party, uses a Garfield meme to criticize Massa.
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At the start of Lula's Government, syndicalists cleaned up brazilian Government buldings with coarse salt to "remove Bolsonaro's bad spirit".
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Jair Bolsonaro, former president of Brazil, appears playing Farpoint on his Playstation VR.
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President Jair Bolsonaro posted a video of a modded GTA on Twitter to promote his reelection campaign.
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During the 2021 peruvian elections, candidate Milagros Juárez campaigned by cosplaying as Asuka from Evangelion.
In this campaign ad, she sings its famous opening song with "lyrics" that promise death penalty to corrupt politicians and deportation of all ilegal immigrants.
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When asked about his position on women's rights, then Bolivian President Evo Morales defined himself as a: "feminist, but with sexist jokes."
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Argentina's Presidential Spokesman Manuel Adorni challenges an opposition MP to a match in Age of Empires II.
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Javier Milei has won and will become the next President of Argentina.
We will have so much content for the next four years...
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The US Embassy in Mexico did an anti illegal immigration video featuring Carlos Villagrán, the actor of Quico from the famous "El Chavo del Ocho" mexican sitcom.
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President-elect Javier Milei once appeared singing about the economic crisis of Argentina while dressed as General Ancap, his superhero alter ego.
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Argentine Presidential candidate, Javier Milei, clarifies on an Instagram post that he didn't sleep with his sister.
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Peruvian shamans try to use a spiritual ritual to ensure that President Javier Milei of Argentina doesn't finish his term.
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A viral internet video allegedly shows Ilan Goldfajn, former Brazilian minister and president-elect of the Inter-American Development Bank (BID), dancing in a Jackson 5 show.
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Former President Jair Bolsonaro, recently declared inelegible by the Electoral Court, reacted the decision by posting a shirtless photoshoot named "Victim".
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Senator Randolfe Rodrigues, brazilian Government Whip in Congress, apparently uses a photo of shirtless Lula in the beach as his profile picture in Google.
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The Peruvian National Police dresses a cop as a Teddy Bear to catch drug dealers.
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A Chilean Government account created a Fairly OddParents meme to explain the new 40-hours per week work law.
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Argentina's Presidential Spokesman Manuel Adorni, said that it's a good night to play Age of Empires II.
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President-elect Javier Milei of Argentina follows an unfortunate number of people on Instagram.
(His bio also exclusively serves to promote a cr*pto investing firm)
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Lim Ki-mo, South Korean Ambassador to Brazil, appears singing samba ("Trem das Onze") on Rio.
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This graph by a state owned venezuelan TV on their 2013 presidential election.
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In a government campaign to promote Peruvian tourism in Brazil, they created an ad saying: "I want (to go) to Peru now", which can be read as "I want c*ck now" in portuguese.
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Ten years after his death, late President of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, has been verified by Twitter under the new rules.
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Japanese Ambassador in Mexico thanks the interest his country receives there, and asked which is the most searched thing about Japan.
Someone answered "hentai", and the Ambassador said "?....Thanks"
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Anti government protesters in Peru used Barbie to criticize President Dina Boluarte.
In the protests, there were cosplayers labeled "Dictator Barbie" and "Genocider Barbie" to refer to Boluarte.
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The Office of the President-elect of Argentina thanked British Foreign Minister "James Cameron" for congratulating Milei's win, in reference to David Cameron.
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This is the official logo of the Public Prosecutor's Office of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
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An argentinian TV channel uses animal (and a bald man) emojis to bypass the exit poll ban in the 2023 primary presidential election.
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In the Argentine Primaries, a Karl Marx lookalike is running for the position of a congressman in a small far-left communist party.
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PCO, brazilian far-left party, once reviewed famous hentai "Metamorphosis" in their official YouTube channel, calling it a "sad but not so fictitious story".
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Martín Vizcarra, former President of Peru, received a search warrant for a corruption investigation in his house while wearing Mickey Mouse pijamas.
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Guilherme Moreno, argentinian presidential candidate, did a campaign video using the Evangelion opening song.
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President Lula of Brazil shared our recent post about the IBGE map.
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President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, thanks the NFL for "endorsing" him. The reason being that 22 is Bolsonaro's ballot number and the NFL tweeted "we're feeling 22".
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Javier Milei, argentinian presidential candidate, uses a chainsaw as part of a campaign event to represent how he will cut the "political elite".
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During his self imposed exile in Florida, former brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro becomes the main atraction in the opening of a local burger place.
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For the upcoming Argentina elections, some libertarians are using the anime Chainsaw Man in their campaign.
In these images, MP candidate Lilia Lemoine cosplays as Makima in a Javier Milei event.
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Geraldo Alckmin, Vice President of Brazil, posted an image making a bunch of references to japanese culture to thank Toyota for announcing new investments in his country.
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Brazilian presidential candidate Simone Tebet joins a picnic with anime cosplayers.
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Xiomara Castro, incumbent President of Honduras, once tweeted an invitation to play Subway Surfers.
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Colombian president Gustavo Petro shared Shakira's latest song 'El Jefe' in a post saying "That is why a labor reform is necessary".
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President-elect Javier Milei posted on Instagram an AI art of him alongside his five (cloned) dogs, calling the image "Family Album".
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During Javier Milei's presidential inauguration, outgoing VP Cristina Kirchner gave the middle finger to Milei supporters who were swearing her.
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Fernando Haddad, brazilian Finance Minister, decides to show his musical hability by playing Blackbird, a Beatles song, during an interview.
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Kelly Portalatino, incumbent peruvian MP and former Health Minister, appears flossing her teeth at Congress with her own hair due to lack of dental floss.
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Akira Toriyama, creator of Dragon Ball, has recently passed away. Toriyama's creations will always have a special place in the hearts of LatAm
As our form of celebrating his legacy, we have decided to catalogue how LatAm politicians have mourned him.
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Marcelo Ebrard, former mexican Foreign Affairs Minister, mourned Akira Toriyama's recent death by posting an image of Goku from Dragon Ball in his angel form.
RIP Akira Toriyama
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In the 2009 Rio Carnival, President Lula appeared throwing condoms into the audience during a Samba parade.
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Anielle Franco, brazilian Minister of Racial Equality, claims that the word "black hole" is racist.
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Gabriel Boric, incumbent President of Chile, visited a gamer community and played "Killer Instict" with them. He showed his gaming skills and won the match.
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Argentine Presidential Spokesman, Manuel Adorni, streams himself playing Age of Empires, during one of his battles for not giving too much gold, he comments:
"They're like the Av. 9 de Julio's demonstrators"
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After serious considerations, we have decided to expand the scope of the page to include all countries that are part of the Worldwide Latina Belt.
Starting from today, we will be accepting requests from all countries in red.
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The Colombian Ministry of Interior followed it up saying that, while those weren't the most appropriated words, they are strongly anti homophobia.
The tweet ended up by making a hashtag called "Save a Community Manager".
Sabemos que no fueron las palabras, pero somos conscientes de que la homofobia mata. Por eso estamos a favor de todas las iniciativas que visibilicen a la población LGBTIQ+ y trabajamos para que sus derechos se garanticen.
#SalvaUnCM
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While Congress was investigating Bolsonaro's COVID-19 handling, Rui Costa Pimenta, president of the far-left PCO, streamed Mario Kart 8 in his party's official YouTube channel.
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How Latin American politicians are dressing for or celebrating the Barbie movie.
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Javier Milei, argentinian presidential candidate, shows in an eccentric manner which ministries (like Health and Education) he would abolish if elected.
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President of Chile, Gabriel Boric, got stuck in a kid's slide in his hometown of Punta Arenas.
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Paulo Kogos, brazilian libertarian candidate, said that he debated 11 year old children about darwinian evolution (with he arguing against) using "military tactics" and admitted that he "almost lost".
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Guatemalan presidential candidate, Sandra Torres, said during a campaign act that "ignorance is the richness of our people's culture."
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For the 2023 Bogotá election, local journalists organized an online mayoral debate.
Three of the candidates were running in a marathon while they were participating on it.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez on a meeting:
“Long live socialist Christ , Christ the carpenter, Christ the worker, Christ the one who multiplied the breads so that it would be enough for everyone and not for some and others who would die of hunger. That is the true Christ."
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Attention everyone! We're hosting a competition to uncover the Craziest Moment in LatAm Politics of 2023.
We welcome all suggestions for wild moments from this year. Share your recommendations, and stay tuned for the upcoming survey!
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Argentinian president Javier Milei published a picture of his face as the Statue of Liberty on his Instagram account.
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The Mayor of Soledad, Colombia, Camilo Barceló became known for having paved the entire municipality except for the street where his ex-wife's house is located because she cheated on him.
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In the 2018 Peruvian elections, a candidate for the Yungar municipality called Hitler Sánchez won against his opponent called Lenin. Using campaign slogans such as "Hitler belongs to the people" and "Hitler is trusted", the candidate presented himself as "the good Hitler".
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With 62% out of 8.5 k people voting after four rounds of vote, our official craziest moment in LatAm politics 2023 is:
The time that a "real alien body" was brought to the mexican Congress.
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Marina Helena, São Paulo mayoral candidate, posted an image showing her baby "listening" to Milei's Davos Speech while he is still in her womb.
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During a police operation in Peru, a cop found a cocaine hidden on a car and smelled it to confirm that is it a drug.
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After the death of his dog, presidential candidate Javier Milei paid $50 k to an American laboratory to clone it.
At the end he got 3 puppies which Milei named after the economists Milton Friedman, Murray Rothbard and Robert Lucas.
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Lula, President of Brazil, appeared in South Park during the episode "Pinewood Derby". In that episode, he denied having received stolen money from aliens.
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Argentine youtuber Nacho AoE challenged Presidential Spokesman Manuel Adorni in a live 1v1 match in Age of Empires II. Adorni accepted it.
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Guatemalan presidential candidate, Giulio Talamonti, holds Woody from Toy Story in a recent political campaign ad.
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Víctor Torres, former Interior Minister of Peru, said just after having resigned from his position "I'm not annoyed, my face is ugly".
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Johnny, candidate for the Guatemalan Congress, posted this video in his TikTok.
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Map of countries which have politicians following Crazy Ass Moments in LatAm Politics (Feat.
@maps_black
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After Colombian President Gustavo Petro lamented Javier Milei's victory in Argentina, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele mocked him by saying "Now say it without crying"
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Sandra Cuevas, former borough mayor in Mexico City and senatorial candidate, answers a hornypost on Twitter.
She tweeted that she prefers the shirtless man on the further right side of the image.
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After ending up in second place in the recent Quito mayoral election, Jorge Yunda posted this TikTok video claiming that "sometimes you win by losing".
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Geraldo Alckmin, incumbent brazilian Vice President of Brazil, used the surprised Pikachu meme in a recent tweet about Japan allowing visa free access to brazilians.
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Brazilian MP Carla Zambelli posts an image with former presidential candidate Padre Kelmon but she ends up tagging the wrong account.
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Colombian Congressman Miguel Polo Polo puts his credit card into the Fontana di Trevi to wish a Colombia free of communism and Petro's corruption.
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Gustavo Bolívar, candidate for mayor of Bogotá, said at a press conference that part of his security plan for the city will be to promote bilingualism with the phrase
"A person who knows English does not stab anyone"
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A viral internet video allegedly displays Felipe Calderón, former mexican president, showing his muscles in a show.
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Javier Milei, argentine presidential candidate, once made a post arguing that Pelé is much better than Maradona.
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When the Uruguayan senator Daniel Caggiani was asked about the reasons of Argentina's bad situation, he answered "because is full of Argentinians".
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Conan, President-elect Javier Milei's original dog, now has a Wikipedia article just about him.
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Sebastián Piñera, former President of Chile, has unfortunately passed away in a helicopter accident.
Piñera has been our pfp since the formation of AssLatam in early 2022, his "Piñericosas" will always be remembered as some of the most iconic moments of Chilean politics. Rest in…
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Kim Kataguiri, incumbent brazilian MP, makes a campaign ad which parodizes the Chika Dance from Kaguya-Sama.
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Funfact
We have politicians that follow this page from (at least) these countries :
🇦🇷 Argentina
🇧🇷 Brasil
🇨🇱 Chile
🇨🇷 Costa Rica
🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
🇪🇨 Ecuador
🇬🇹 Guatemala
🇭🇳 Honduras
🇲🇽 Mexico
🇵🇷 Puerto Rico
🇻🇪 Venezuela
🇦🇺 Australia
🇺🇸 United States
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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To celebrate the Colombian Independence Day, which is on the same day as the Barbie movie premiere, the Presidential Office's TikTok account posted this video.
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Rafael Santos, peruvian conservative politician that recently complained about a brand changing its logo to include LGBTQ+ flag colors for pride month, was caught liking a lesbian porn video on Twitter.
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