If you were forced into exile into a South American nation...

[JohnLocke]

Poll question: If you were forced into exile into a South American nation...

Where would you go? I'd probably go to Argentina. But then again, they speak English in Guyana, and Columbia has plenty of drugs. :)

So, my choices would probably rank:
1) Argentina
2) Guyana
3) Boliva



So, in alphebetical order:

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

1. Please edit title to SOUTH American

Some of those are not "Latin" (Guyana = English), and Central America is also part of Latin America. Mexico too.

BTW, I voted Brazil -- less transportation costs. :evilgrin:

Edit: lotsa typos & geographical clarity

[JohnLocke]

3. Sure thing...

...by the way, the Human Rights quote is from Carter originally.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

4. Also, it's not Columbia, it's...

ColOmbia

[JohnLocke]

7. Got it.

Thanks! :yourock:

[Sandpiper]

2. Definitely Brazil

World's sexiest women!!! :loveya:

[Indiana_Dem]

5. From what I've seen, men, too!

[daveskilt]

6. the falkland islands (NOT argentina)

Since they are British.

[Cleita]

8. Chile, of course,.

I couldn't vote because the poll says I already did. It happens sometimes. Just a glitch I think.

Well, I still know people there and my way around.

[AlienGirl]

9. The Galapagos Islands!

I'd be chillin' with the boobies and the finches!

Tucker

[hellhathnofury]

13. Me too.

[AlienGirl]

18. I wish I could see the Galapagos Islands someday

I doubt I'll ever have the money--but, man, would it be a cool place to visit!

[hellhathnofury]

26. I've got places I'd rather see before them but they're on the list.

I haven't seen that many pictures, just a few books involving them. Ever read "The Beak and the Finch"?

[Lefta Dissenter]

46. Actually, even cooler than you're imagining

I've been twice, to help my dad with research on spiders and insects of the Galapagos. I guess things there have changed completely since I was last there in 1975, though... I don't think you can still swim with the sea lions and use the tortoises for camping stools.

[Ksec]

10. Brazil -with the bronzed booties

[everythingsxen]

11. Argentina (not the Falkland Islands)

New Yorkers respond to Falklands Island war -

"You's hear about the war in the Fawkin Islands?"

"What Fawkin Islands?"


Seriously though... I hear Argentina is nice. Plus I wanna go stand on a balcony and sing "Don't cry for me Argentina".

[JohnLocke]

12. LOL.

[AlienGirl]

15. Sing "Fake Out in Buenos Aires" too!

If you were in exile, would you change your name and sit on sun porches drinking pina coladas (or other spooky drinks)?

[everythingsxen]

16. Absolutely!

Spooky drinks rock!

We could charter flights back and forth from Buenos Aires to the Galapagos Islands..

I could bring you flowers... and... I have this suddenly paranoid feeling.... hrrrrrm..... :evilgrin:

[AlienGirl]

17. LOL!

Don't look behind you!

[everythingsxen]

20. teehee

:evilgrin:

[AlienGirl]

21. What would your fake name be?

[everythingsxen]

22. I think perhaps..

Amo Regolatore.. a retired actor from Italy. :P

[AlienGirl]

23. Italy, huh?

How come you don't speak Italian? :shrug:

[everythingsxen]

24. Uh but I do..

uh.. *flipping through Italian phrasebook* bellisima!

[AlienGirl]

27. LOL

Silly Amo, I think you are not Italian at all... :evilgrin:

[everythingsxen]

29. LIES!

We never met! This conversation did not happen!

I am doooooomed!

[AlienGirl]

30. I have Spell Defense!

You can't wipe my memory! So there!

[everythingsxen]

32. Fool!

It cannot help you! :P

I am rolling 19 dice to wipe your memory!

Sure the drain will kick my ass...

[AlienGirl]

35. Dude, you are NOT gonna soak that drain!

[everythingsxen]

38. I think I will...

I have tons of karma. :P

[AlienGirl]

40. Better spend some on combat skills before the next run!

[everythingsxen]

41. Heh..

I ain't got *that* much karma..

[AlienGirl]

25. In the immortal words of Ashton

"Argentina?"

[everythingsxen]

28. You got it...

:P

[AlienGirl]

31. Isn't that...

[everythingsxen]

33. Eh?

[AlienGirl]

34. ...where all...

[AlienGirl]

36. ...the action is?

[everythingsxen]

37. It's a nice place to live...

though I hear it is eas to get kidnapped there.

[AlienGirl]

39. People disappear all the time...

Wanna go for a little ride, Mr. Regolatore? :evilgrin:

[Rowdyboy]

14. Chile was a wonderful country before Pinochet overthrew Allende...

I would vote for exile there.

[Cleita]

42. There was a lot of room for improvement. I was there the last time

in 1958. Overthrowing Allende really did throw it into the dark ages. Truthfully Allende was doing a lot of economic damage, not his fault really, but from his camp. He would have demcratically been voted out of office though if Kissinger and the CIA hadn't meddled. Will Americans ever learn? I think we really need to outlaw these right wing nuts so they can never get into power again. Look at what they have done in the ME. It will take decades to undo this.

[Rowdyboy]

43. I agree completely...

I was a freshman in college when Allende was massacred and I was horrified at what my country had done. As a senior, I chose the Allende administration as my senior honors project and did a 60 page paper on Chilean politics of the period. I know that things were not perfect during his administration and, certainly, Allende had many faults. The economy sucked. However, our government sabotaged the Chilean government and economy in an effort to destroy him simply because he was a self-proclaimed Marxist.

I agree with you that, had the US simply kept out, the Christian Democrats would have beaten Allende soundly in the next elections. What a horrible tragedy could have been averted.

Instead, President Allende "committed suicide by shooting himself in the back 17 times...."

[Cleita]

44. The version I heard was that he "shot" himself 41 times in

the back with a machine gun. No matter the difference in the stories they all spell A-S-S-A-S-S-I-N-A-T-I-O-N.

[Rowdyboy]

45. And Henry Kissinger, author of the mad policy that allowed this

and the bombing of nuetral Laos, was given a Nobel Peace Prize later....Sometimes I wonder if there's any point in trying.

[Cleita]

47. I agree.

After 70% of stupid Californians gave Ahhnold a free pass to indebt our children for another generation, I wonder.

[Rowdyboy]

49. The California initiatives passage leaves me sick to my stomach

I just don't understand anymore.

[Nay]

19. Just got back from Brazil. it is DA BOMB.

As long as you stay out of the cities, of course. The whole coast, esp the smaller towns, are great.

[Zorro]

48. Ecuador

Miles of unspoiled beaches. Some of the highest mountains in the world. Jungles. Volcanoes. Waterfalls. An incredible variety of flora and fauna. Cheap living. Relatively safe (although nowhere in South America are you truly safe). Friendly people. Historic districts. Aged haciendas. Hair-raising cliffside roads. Unusual fruits and foods.

I'm actually planning on spending half my time there after I retire. It's a pretty interesting little country, and only a 4 hour flight from Miami.