[ 03 August 2004: Message edited by: TemporalHominid ]
From: Under a bridge, in Foot Muck | Registered: Jul 2004
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skdadl
rabble-rouser
Babbler # 478
posted 03 August 2004 10:08 AM
Terrible.
It has been a long time since we've heard much about Paraguayan politics. Thirty, forty years ago they were close to a pariah state, a refuge, for one thing, for many old Nazis.
They are obviously still very poor -- the BBC site says that the firefighters were repairing holes in their hoses even as they were trying to put out the fire.