WARNING: Names in Spanish may cause smiles to appear on your face!
The third most powerful political leader in Venezuela is Diosdado Cabello which in English is- God-given hair.Here in Colombia our president is Presidente Santos, or President Saints;
Equador's president is Presidente Correa or President Belt.
In Honduras, Presidente Porfirio Lobo is President Wolf.
Closer to our Californian borader in Mexico we have Presidente Peña Nieto, which translated literally into English would be Rock Grandson.
But this is not that new. In California we have numerous names of cities that cause me to chuckle;
The town of Lard (Manteca) is close to the Exit (Salida).
You won't need to go through the bathrooms (Los Baños) if you are headed to the cats (Los Gatos)
You won't hear the sound (Sonora) of butterflies (Mariposa) because they are too modest (Modesto).
And of course Columbia is quite far from Colombia, but both a wonderful places to visit! And we are told they have better coffee than.....Starbucks!
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