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Leftist Clock in Bolivia Runs Backwards

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Bolivia now has a left-moving clock to match its left-leaning government. In June, 2014, Congress altered the clock on its building in the Bolivian capital, La Paz. The clock's hands and numbers now go left, instead of right, which is the typical clockwise direction.

Officials say the change is aimed at recovering the nation's indigenous and "southern" identity.
Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca explained that because Bolivia is in the southern hemisphere, the hands of a clock should move with the sun in the opposite direction from the way they move in the north.

But not everyone is pleased. Opposition lawmakers have criticized the backwards clock, along with some residents in the capital.

In Bolivia, A Leftist ... Clock?

Sadly, and surprisingly, Evo Morales's leftist party fared poorly in yesterday's election.

Soon they shall reach the glorious socialist pinnacle of Last Thursday™!

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Ronitchka wrote:......Sadly, and surprisingly, Evo Morales's leftist party fared poorly in yesterday's election.

Lo siento mucho. Perhaps komrade Morales should have taken a more godfatherly role and proposed renaming the airport after our Nobel Peese Prize winning Komrade Glorious Leader.



 
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