Los Tres Chiflados

My trusty source for Spanish language PowerPoint spam sent the above picture the other day, A photoshopped version of the three stooges, starring Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, Venezuelan Dictator Hugo Chavez, and Bolivian President Evo Morales.

The picture paints more than just a comical view of the worrisome situation in South America. Correa is little more than a puppet of the Hugo Chavez, whom in turn is little more than a carbon copy of one Fidel Castro, a Communist and repressive figurehead of the Cuban government since 1959. Similarly, Evo Morales rose to power on the heals of a consortium of growers of coca leaves, the very plant from which cocaine is made.

All three share the common view that securing their own power is far more important than caring for their own people. Both Venezuela and Bolivia are suffering from widespread food shortages and Ecuador is in the mists of some of the worst flooding in memory, displacing thousands.