Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Happy Birthday, Miiiister Presideeeeeent....

In the Andean region there are a plenty of traditions to suffer through on your birthday. One is, when presented with your birthday cake, to take a big bite out of it. Then while you're taking your bite, some joker always sneaks up behind you and squishes your face into the cake, cream and all.

And thus President Evo Morales was caught by his people yesterday. He visited the altiplano town of Batallas and it didn't go un-noticed that his was his 50th birthday. Here's what happened: