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Bombing the American Embassy: A ritual as old as the city itself

American Parody of CIA Operation Condor, by Woody Allen "Bananas". "Good afternoon. Wide World of Sports is in the Republic of San Marcos where we're going to bring you a live, on-the-spot assassination. They're going to kill the president of this lovely country and replace him with a military dictatorship. Everybody is about as excited and tense as can be. The weather this afternoon is perfect, and, if you've just joined us, we've seen a series of colourful riots that started with the bombing of the American Embassy, a ritual as old as the city itself. Then the leader of the Labour Union, Jul…