Crazy Ass Moments in LatAm Politics
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A catalogue of excentric moments of the wackiest yet peaceful region. Now on Bluesky.
Abelardo de la Espriella, President-elect of Colombia, once admitted that he enjoyed tying firecrackers to cats to watch them explode.
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7 days ago
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President Gustavo Petro of Colombia posted an AtlasIntel poll showing his candidate, Iván Cepeda, winning the election, asking, "Why didn't they publish it?" ​Andrei Roman, the CEO of AtlasIntel, replied, "Because it is fake."
7 days ago
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The Brazilian presidential candidates shared their predictions for the Brazil vs. Morocco match. Renan Santos got it right by predicting a 1-1 tie.
15 days ago
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Cidadania, Brazilian political party, has announced a new logo that shows its support for artificial intelligence (with "IA" being the Portuguese acronym for "AI").
19 days ago
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Luis Galarreta, Keiko Fujimori's running mate, has hook-shaped prosthetic hands.
19 days ago
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Peruvian shamans have predicted that Roberto Sánchez will win the current election and become the next President of Peru.
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20 days ago
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Maybe the curse is on Keiko Fujimori, imagine getting 49.9% for a third time in a row...
21 days ago
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President Lula of Brazil posted a montage of his workouts and asked his followers if they’ve already done theirs today.
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21 days ago
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Peruvian exit poll, it really seems the country is doomed to have near-50/50 runoffs for the rest of eternity...
21 days ago
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The Colombian Liberal Party issued a statement endorsing right-wing candidate Abelardo de la Espriella. However, he had preemptively rejected the endorsement a few days ago, calling the party a corrupt appendix of Gustavo Petro.
22 days ago
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During a press conference, President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico threw a soccer ball into the audience and a journalist fell trying to catch it.
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24 days ago
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President Gustavo Petro of Colombia announced on Twitter that he doesn't recognize the preliminary results of the recent election.
28 days ago
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Pastor Sergeant IsidĂłrio, an incumbent Brazilian MP, publicly apologized for mistakenly voting against a bill to reduce working hours during a committee session. The catch is that he couldn't have voted anyway, as he was only an replacement member.
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about 1 month ago
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Pastor Sergeant IsidĂłrio, incumbent Brazilian MP, celebrated the approval of a bill reducing working hours, claiming it will give workers more time for sex.
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about 1 month ago
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Carlos Bruce, mayor of Surco in Peru, decided to use to test an eletric taser on his own advisor.
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about 1 month ago
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Peru finally finishes the count for the first round of its 2026 presidential election... after a whole month of counting.
about 1 month ago
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President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico met the K-Pop boy band BTS and received an autographed gift from them.
about 2 months ago
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Kátia Abreu, prominent brazilian politician, posted a tweet implying that Davi Alcolumbre, President of the Senate, betrayed Lula because he is a jew.
about 2 months ago
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President JosĂ© MarĂa Balcázar of Peru (partly) blamed the Jews for 'forcing' Germany to cause World War II. According to Balcázar, the Jews controlled all national and international banking at the time, committing usury.
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about 2 months ago
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PerĂş Libre is using a cardboard cutout of Vladimir CerrĂłn, fugitive presidential candidate, at their breakfast just ahead of the general election.
3 months ago
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Sergio Fajardo, Colombian presidential candidate, has chosen a broom in the colors of the Colombian flag as his campaign symbol.
3 months ago
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By a vote of 116 to 14, President JosĂ© MarĂa Balcázar was impeached by the Peruvian Congress after his name appeared in newly released Epstein files discussing child marriage. ​His successor will be the fifth president since the last election and the tenth in the last decade.
3 months ago
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President Lula of Brazil plays with an airplane model.
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3 months ago
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Eduardo Paes, until recently the mayor of Rio de Janeiro, administered the first dose of Ozempic in the city's public health system. It will now be given for free to all.
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3 months ago
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During a Government Press Conference in Mexico about breast cancer, the self-proclaimed "Lord Molécula" thanked women because of their "tits".
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3 months ago
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Erika Hilton, incumbent Brazilian MP, jokingly called for a congressional inquiry into the Oscar after the Brazilian movie "Secret Agent" lost. She also tagged the Federal Police, saying it was a robbery.
3 months ago
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Patricia Chirinos, peruvian MP candidate, uses her sex appeal to campaign on the streets while on a tricycle.
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3 months ago
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The people have spoken, the official craziest moment in LatAm Politics 2025 is: That time President Gustavo Petro published the expenses of his international trips revealing he spent time in a Strip Club during his official visit in Portugal.
4 months ago
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After many rounds of vote, our official craziest politician in LatAm politics 2025 is: President Javier Milei of Argentina (for the second year in a row)
4 months ago
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James Talarico, democratic nominee for US Senate, went viral in Brazil because his surname means "wife-stealer" in brazilian slang.
4 months ago
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Hernando de Soto didn't even last two days as Prime Minister, President Balcázar already replaced him with Denisse Miralles before he was sworn-in. Most stable peruvian government...
4 months ago
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In a recent Argentine poll about who is the leader of the opposition to President Milei, around 7% said that it was Milei himself.
4 months ago
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Julio Velarde, President of Peruvian Central Bank, has served under 10 different Presidents. His Wikipedia infobox nearly looks like a Constitutional Monarch with his Prime Ministers...
4 months ago
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José Balcázar, newly elected President of Peru, is a proponent of child marriage. He was the sole MP who did not vote for the law banning child marriage, arguing for the benefits of "early sexual relations".
4 months ago
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José Jerà is now impeached. Peru will go to its 8th President in 10 years (with the presidential election being mere weeks aways).
4 months ago
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During the Brazilian Carnival, the SĂŁo Paulo police dressed up as the Scooby Doo gang to arrest criminals.
4 months ago
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Today the Peruvian Congress will debate up to seven (!!!) impeachment motions against President JosĂ© JerĂ.
4 months ago
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The Peruvian Judicial Branch ruled that President José Jerà must undergo treatment due to "psychosexual pathology".
4 months ago
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The First Lady of Imperatriz, a municipality in Northeastern Brazil, enters her car in a very unconventional manner.
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4 months ago
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As part of our competition, we surveyed the craziest politicians of LatAm 2025. Here are the Top 8: -Javier Milei (🇦🇷) -Gustavo Petro (🇨🇴) -Nicolás Maduro (🇻🇪) -Jair Bolsonaro (🇧🇷) 1/2🧵
5 months ago
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Today is the last day to vote for this survey. If you havent and are instered on helping we decide our official list, please vote.
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5 months ago
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VĂctor Borjas, a recently released Venezuelan opposition leader, returned home dressed in a bear costume to surprise his two daughters.
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5 months ago
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Paulo Kogos, ancap political candidate, is part of the pro-Bolsonaro March to BrasĂlia and sends an agressive message to brazilian leftists.
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5 months ago
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In South Brazil, an old man was arrested for driving a car with n4zi symbols and a call for "Civil War now!"
5 months ago
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Renan Santos, brazilian presidential candidate, salted Lula's childhood home so that no "demon" like him could even born again.
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5 months ago
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Matt Gaetz, former US representative, claims that globalists forces are burning argentine forests to implement a jewish ethnostate in Patagonia.
5 months ago
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MarĂa Corina Machado, prominent Venezuelan Opposition Leader, gave her Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Donald Trump of the US.
5 months ago
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6 months ago
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Alexandre Padilha, Health Minister of Brazil, posted images of the "ET de Varginha" becoming a member of the brazilian healthcare. "ET de Varginha" is an alleged UFO apparition that happened in the 90s.
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After President Gustavo Petro of Colombia doxxed the number of a random member of Valorant Group Chat, this is what his WhatsApp allegedly looked like
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6 months ago
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