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" People in Latin America... love America from afar and emulate America in some ways but also hate a lot of things that America does to them. "

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" I ride my bike almost every day here in New York. It's getting safer to do so, but I do have to be fairly alert when riding on the streets as opposed to riding on the Hudson River bike path or similar protected lanes. "