--- In [email protected], "Rick Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Pretty wild. From newsvine.com
>
> GUATEMALA CITY - Mayan priests will purify a sacred archaeological
site to
> eliminate "bad spirits" after President Bush visits next week, an
official
> with close ties to the group said Thursday.
>
> "That a person like (Bush), with the persecution of our migrant
brothers in
> the United States, with the wars he has provoked, is going to walk
in our
> sacred lands, is an offense for the Mayan people and their
culture," Juan
> Tiney, the director of a Mayan nongovernmental organization with
close ties
> to Mayan religious and political leaders, said Thursday.
>
> Bush's seven-day tour of Latin America includes a stopover
beginning late
> Sunday in Guatemala. On Monday morning he is scheduled to visit the
> archaeological site Iximche on the high western plateau in a
region of the
> Central American country populated mostly by Mayans.
>
> Tiney said the "spirit guides of the Mayan community" decided it
would be
> necessary to cleanse the sacred site of "bad spirits" after Bush's
visit so
> that their ancestors could rest in peace.
>
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>
He is attracting all of the US karma from abusing and exploiting
Latin America. As he tours, Hugo Chavez, Pres. Venezuela, who called
Bush 'el diablo', is doing a tour also, countering much of what Bush
says. There were also massive demonstrations against Bush yesterday
in Brazil.
