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Royal Baby, Meet The Internet

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As the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge spent their first night at home with their newborn son, the Internet celebrated the royal baby's birth in its own way.

Twitter trolls had a blast:

He's not ginger ;) #itsaboy

— Prince Harry (@Prince___Harry) July 22, 2013

Dear William & Kate: If William is 100% royal and Princess Kate is 0% royal, will that make your son a half-blood prince? #RoyalBaby

— Professor Snape (@_Snape_) July 22, 2013

Enjoy these first carefree moments, #royalbaby boy, because tomorrow begins THE GAME OF THRONES.

— Team Coco (@TeamCoco) July 22, 2013

Great to hear the Duchess of Cambridge has gone into labour. Is she an affiliated member? #boomtish#royalbaby

— John Prescott (@johnprescott) July 22, 2013

BBC pointing out the #RoyalBaby has been born on a full moon. Not sure if they're suggesting it's a werewolf. We may not know for a while.

— The Media Blog (@TheMediaTweets) July 22, 2013

Woah people seem super excited for this new british band, the royal baby.

— Ellen Page (@EllenPage) July 22, 2013

I hope that one day the royal baby and Blue Ivy will rap together about how rich they are.

— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) July 22, 2013

If the #RoyalBaby ever sings "I just can't wait to be king" I will not be happy.

— Scar (@GrumpyScar) July 22, 2013

Whatever kittens are better than babies anyway

— Tom Hawking (@tom_hawking) July 22, 2013

One major reason to get your royal baby news from the Guardian … pic.twitter.com/QhcX6RXMuP

— Jonathan Haynes (@JonathanHaynes) July 22, 2013


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Several brands even came up with cheeky nods to the royal birth:


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Why The Latin American Far Left Can't Stop Cozying Up To Iran's Regime

Among the Islamic Republic of Iran's very few diplomatic friends are too many from Latin America's left, who are always happy to milk their cash-rich allies for all they are worth.

Image of Bolivia's ambassador in Tehran, Romina Pérez Ramos.

Bolivia's ambassador in Tehran, Romina Pérez Ramos.

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Bahram Farrokhi

-OpEd-

The Latin American Left has an incurable anti-Yankee fever. It is a sickness seen in the baffling support given by the socialist regimes of Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela or Bolivia to the Islamic Republic of Iran, which to many exemplifies clerical fascism. And all for a single, crass reason: together they hate the United States.

The Islamic Republic has so many of the traits the Left used to hate and fight in the 20th century: a religious (Islamic) vocation, medieval obscurantism, misogyny... Its kleptocratic economy has turned bog-standard class divisions into chasmic inequalities reminiscent of colonial times.

This support is, of course, cynical and in line with the mandates of realpolitik. The regional master in this regard is communist Cuba, which has peddled its anti-imperialist discourse for 60 years, even as it awaits another chance at détente with its ever wealthy neighbor.

I reflected on this on the back of recent remarks by Bolivia's ambassador in Tehran, the 64-year-old Romina Pérez Ramos. She must be the busiest diplomat in Tehran right now, and not a day goes by without her going, appearing or speaking somewhere, with all the publicity she can expect from the regime's media.

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