In what figures to be a serious blow to President Bush’s Latin American tour,¬†an angry mob of¬†Latin American protestors today burned the real¬†Bush, leaving his effigy entirely¬†intact.

As one of the protestors said, “if we wanted to merely send a message; we’d use Western Union. Besides,¬†we’re much too poor to waste our effigies on gringo scum like Bush.”

The protestors’ chief complaint,¬†of course, was what they perceived to be the Administration’s imperialistic and militaristic policies. However, one protester said he was most threatened by “Bush’s pigeon-Spanish,” explaining that he didn’t want his native tongue butchered the way Bush mangles English.”

The incident occurred in Brazil, where the local populaton was able to showcase their newfound conversion to ethanol-based fuels, which were used for the Presidential pyre instead of old-fashioned fossil fuels.

However, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, engaged in a similar anti-Bush rally in Argentina, asserted that despite the use of sugar ethanol, the burnt Bush still smelled like sulphur.

The Bush conflagration, which obviates the President’s visit to Guatamala,¬†was also welcomed by the High Mayan Priest, who announced that he was¬†now able to save his¬†purification ceremony for Mel Gibson, another apocalyptic threat to Mayan civilization.

 

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