Hillary Clinton Parties In Colombia: Photos Of Beer-Slugging Secretary Of State Cause Stir

Clinton dancing at Cafe Havana, April 15, 2012. (AFP)

Over the weekend, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton cut loose during her trip to the Summit of the Americas in Colombia, partying at a local club early Sunday morning.

And while the outing may be fairly typical of visitors to Latin American countries, photos showing Clinton dancing and throwing back a bottle of beer proved too irresistible for the tabloid press.

According to the New York Post, Clinton arrived at Cartagena's Cafe Havana with a dozen female aides just after midnight.

"Clinton quickly proved she's just a regular gal when it comes to drinking," the Post reported. "She eschewed a glass and sucked down her Aguila pilsener cerveza straight from the bottle."

According to a local paper cited by TMZ, Clinton and her party "ordered a dozen beers, two glasses of whiskey and bottles of water."

TMZ dubbed her the "Secretary of PARTYING." Sadly, Clinton's impromptu soiree lasted just half an hour.

The photo (below) landed on the Post's front page. The headline: "SWILLARY."

"Front page picture of 'Swillary' Clinton is brutally unfair," Ari Fleischer, former White House press secretary under George W. Bush and current CNN analyst, wrote on Twitter. "She drank a beer at a summit meeting event. So what?"

London's Telegraph latched onto the photos, too. "Is Hillary Clinton becoming an embarrassment as Secretary of State?" the paper's Niles Gardner asked in a blog post.

"Hillary Clinton will be the inspiration for my return to salsa this week," Salon's Irin Carmon tweeted.

Clinton throws back a beer in Colombia, April 15, 2012. (AFP/Getty)

This is not the first time Hillary's drinking on a diplomatic trip has been fodder for the press. In 2006, the New York Times relayed a 2004 anecdote about a vodka-drinking contest between Clinton and Sen. John McCain ...Trendinaija Source / Read More

Nicki Minaj’s Dad: She's Exaggerating About How Violent I Was

Nicki Minaj is no stranger to controversy, but her father is claiming he’s the victim of her most recent media blitz.

Minaj’s father, Omar, admits that he did have anger issues when he was raising the rapper, but denies the extent of his supposed abuse, family sources tell TMZ.

According to the site, Omar is devastated that his daughter has chosen to speak so publicly and says he still loves Minaj very much.

In a “Nightline” interview last week, the 29-year-old performer spoke out about her father’s alleged drug and alcohol abuse, saying that she “wanted to kill him” and “wished he was dead.”

“My father was abusive,” she told “Nightline” correspondent Juju Chang. “We were afraid for (my mother’s) life because whenever he would have a real bad outburst, he would threaten to kill her.”

The “Stupid Hoe” rapper also claimed that Omar once nearly burned down the family home.

Minaj has spoken out about her troubled childhood before.

“I thought we would just be happy, but with a drug-addicted parent, there is no such thing as being happy,” she told Vibe magazine. “When you have a father who is stealing your furniture and selling it so that he can buy crack, you suffer.

“You come home from school and your couch is gone. You’re like, ‘What happened?’”

No comments yet from Minaj’s camp regarding her dad’s denial.