Via the AP: Colombia says president has swine flu
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has contracted the H1N1 swine flu virus and is being treated by doctors, government spokesman Cesar Velasquez told local media Sunday.Uribe is continuing with his presidential duties while being treated, he said.
This marks the second Latin American president to contract the disease. It was announced a few weeks back that Costa Rica’s Oscar Arias had also been infected.
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August 30th, 2024 at 8:21 pm
(I hesitate to say this, because there are some readers of this blog who will think I am serious, thus this disclaimer…. but…)
This must be Hugo’s secret weapon to take over Latin America!
August 30th, 2024 at 8:31 pm
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August 31st, 2024 at 10:43 am
Was there a party that all the Latin American leaders attended lately? If we can track down where Uribe and Arias were last seen together, maybe we’ll know who else might be getting the Swine Flu!