As I blogged the other day, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and our own George Bush are both using Christian language to sell their ideologies. But the face-off for the hearts of South Americans took an interesting turn today when Mayan Indian leaders in Guatemala resolved to begin purification rites at ancient places Bush visited to cleanse them of any "bad spirits." From CNN:
...many Mayans are angry that Bush is visiting Iximche, founded as the capital of the Kaqchiqueles kingdom before the Spanish conquest in 1524.
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"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, director of a Mayan non-governmental organization with close ties to Mayan religious and political leaders, told The Associated Press.
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