Walking down the Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes in Barcelona last week I came across Obama – well, I guess not the Obama that most people will automatically think of! What is the significance of “Obama – British Africa – Gin and Rhum”? Could it be that Obama seeks to recreate a new empire in the spirit of British Africa?
OK – it’s a bar/restaurant opened in 2008, and it being mid-morning on a trip to buy maps at Altair, I did not have time to check it out – but at least it served as a reminder of what might be behind the US administration’s current global agendas.
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