South of the Border: An image makeover for seven South American presidents.
by Marjorie Skinner
SOUTH OF THE BORDER opens with a clip from Fox News in which a cohort of be-spackled talking heads attempts to wrap their minds around the difference between coca leaves and cocaine. It's an unworldly, egregious guffaw, one of several clips director Oliver Stone employs to make the case for the purpose of his film, a CliffsNotes image makeover for seven South American presidents—Hugo Chávez of Venezuela most expansively, but also Argentina's Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Bolivia's Evo Morales, Luiz…
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