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The Mierda Touch in action.
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To clarify: Mierda is Spanish, merda is Portuguese.
I assume OP was aiming to make a pun with "midas touch", which could work in Spanish but is not relevant in this case.
The Midas Touch went completely over my head, my bad :(
Now it makes sense.
I had only your first sentence in mind.
Didn't learn his lesson from Canada and Australia.
I don't think he cares as long as he's enjoying himself...
Yeah and its not like anyone is trying to stop him from doing so.
A short history of what happens to Presidents in Peru from 2000 to now.
Alberto Fujimori July 1990 to November 2000 (10 years +)
Imprisoned, Corruption and crimes against humanity.
Valentin Panaigua November 2000 to July 2001 (9 months)
Transitional President
Alejandro Toledo July 2001 to July 2006 (5 years)
Extradited, money laundering, collusion.
Alan Garcia July 2006 to July 2011 (5 years)
Suicide, accused of bribery and corruption.
Ollanta Humala July 2011 to July 2016 (5 years)
Imprisoned, accused of bribery and corruption. That’s two Presidents in a row!
Pedro Kuczynski July 2016 to March 2018 (almost 2 years)
Under House arrest, accused of bribery. At least there is no corruption (charges).
Martin Vizcarra March 2018 to November 2020 (2 ½ years +)
Ousted in Coup. Accusations of moral competence.
Manuel Merino SIX DAYS (6 DAYS)
Resigned due to protests and riots.
Francisco Sagasti November 2020 to July 2021 (9 months)
Transitional President
Pedro Castillo July 2021 to December 2022 (1 ½ years)
Detained. In custody, attempt to dissolve Congress.
Great write up. Out of curiosity, did you post it in the wrong thread? This one is about Brazil.
I'm working on Brazil, I already had this one from Peru.
There seems to be a rash of greedy people wanting to be president lately.
Gotcha, thank you for adding detail to the conco.
Our orange turd does seem to get unsettled when people who behave like he does (or would like to) actually experience some repercussions. It's probably the closest thing to empathy he's capable of feeling.
And strengthens the BRICS alliance. 5D chess.
Trump is playing checkers while everyone else is playing chess
"punishes"