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Latin America

Judi Lynn

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4. They are a lot more pervasive throughout a lot of areas, aren't they?

Reply to MisterP (Reply #2)

Sun Dec 6, 2015, 12:54 PM

Dec 2015

Never had heard that they made life so hellish that Ixil people in Guatemala stopped wearing their traditional clothing since they learned through experience they would be killed a lot more quickly by these dragons.

Unbelieable presence created when the wealthy found they could actually turn poor people murderously against others, get them to torture, dismember, terrorize, and murder them as long as they kept everyone in such insufferable misery some would do anything for money and security, even if it meant depriving others of their lives.

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Jimmy Morales, the New Face of Guatemala’s Military Old Guard [View all] Judi Lynn Dec 2015 OP

New look; same garbage. forest444 Dec 2015 #1

They are definitely trying, aren't they? Hope the people are stronger this time. n/t Judi Lynn Dec 2015 #3

Latin American armies are very different from what one might expect--they're economic MisterP Dec 2015 #2

They are a lot more pervasive throughout a lot of areas, aren't they? Judi Lynn Dec 2015 #4