Who cares about the Free Trade Agreement with Colombia, when you can WIN THE LOTTERY????

Yes, in one of my favorite countries, Obama gives hope to millions who will end up loosing their money.

BOGOTA (Reuters) – U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama might be betting he can win November’s election, but he could really hit the jackpot in Colombia.

A Colombian lottery seller has printed Obama’s face on tickets hoping to snag attention while celebrating Afro-Colombians with a nod to the Democrat’s African heritage.

Less than two weeks before the election, street vendors and stores in steamy Meta province are selling the lottery stubs showing Obama smiling in a suit and tie. The average weekly top prize for the tickets — around $300,000 (that’s in pesos, my friends).

We picked Obama’s portrait for our lottery because we’re always looking for somebody people are raving about. He’s ahead in (US) opinion polls and right now he’s the most popular guy around here,” Mesa Lottery manager Luis Enciso told AFP.

He said Democrat Obama’s picture helped sell more lottery tickets.

“We’d never think of using John McCain,” Enciso said referring to Obama’s Republican rival in the November 4 US presidential election.

“McCain has the look of somebody who’s standoffish, unpleasant and tiresome, a copy of (US President) George W. Bush. We’d never use him.”

But the real question is why did Reuters put the story of an American candidate in a South American country in their Africa section? Oh yeah typical British colonialism, they still can’t get over it.