Snippety stuff (political risk edition)

Q: What's the difference between Alan Garcia and Klishtina Fernandesh de Kirchner?
A: Six percentage points (Garcia's Approval rating 26%, Klishtina's 19.9%)

The USA has now been officially informed to get its tush out of the Manta air base in Ecuador at the end of 2009. This decision will shock and surprise.......errrr....nobody. That's cos Studmuffin (approval rating 54%, Alan and Klishtina take note) has been saying "you're gone, dudes" since November 2006.

The International Herald Tribune comes up with a doozy of a headline: "Arabist named Paraguay foreign minister, says he wants to improve ties with Israel." The IHT is an equal opportunities publication, giving all sides something to hate in a few short words.

Reuters highlights the case of a Venezuelan opposition politician barred from running in the upcoming elections. Reuters neatly avoids mentioning that of the hundreds barred candidates, over 50% are Hugo Chávez supporters and all are either being investigated for or have been found guilty of corruption.