perfidious Former Albion

I see that a “former Bolivian president” (BBC) / “ex-Bolivian dictator” (CNN) / “former Bolivian leader” (Nando) has died. What kind of dictator did he become when he retired from being Bolivian? Why do you never see “Bolivian ex-dictator” (or “British former prime minister”) in the news? Hm, maybe Ex-Bolivia and Former Britain are different countries . . . .

LATER: I was delighted when it was briefly bandied about in 2004 that India might get a former Italian prime minister: Sonia Gandhi, Italian-born widow of Rajiv.

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