How To Read Whiteness (And the New York Times)

In the New York Times:

"Analysts say the alliance [between Argentine President Nestor Kirchner and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez] is more tactical than ideological. "For someone like Kirchner," a native of frigid Patagonia "who doesn't have an extroverted character, Chávez is too tropical," Mr. Torre said."

(Larry Rohter, "Dwindling Debt Boosts Argentine Leader," The New York Times).