As president, Lula has shown little patience for tree-huggers (see article), never mind grandstanding gringos.

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One minute they are the swaggering gringos flaunting their American-sized wallets, the next flailing to make a date in a foreign language.

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These days, she speaks Spanish with the Puerto Rican mothers and fathers of her patients, French with the Haitians, and Upper East Side English with the gringos.

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Could a bunch of gringos run Telemundo?

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But as tourism to the neighbouring city of Santa Marta increased, backpackers discovered Taganga, and soon the number of gringos began to compete with the number of locals, dive shops opened up all over town, and the sound of thumping reggaeton began drowning out the sound of waves crashing against the shore throughout night.

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