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| Latin America |
| Christmas comes early in Venezuela |
| 2003-10-30 |
| Woody Allen’s "Bananas" becomes real life... Venezuela’s populist president, Hugo Chavez, has declared an early Christmas this year. ...and wear your underwear on the outside so we can check. In a televised address to the country he announced: "Tonight the Christmas dances have started... We’re going to start preparing the Christmas food. From now on we can start saying Merry Christmas and a prosperous 2004!" HO-HO-HO! Last Christmas Venezuela was paralysed by an oil strike and business lockout. Many people had no fuel to cook their Christmas dinners and there was also a severe shortage of beer. No beer! It was hell!!! On Wednesday night a military band played traditional festive music while soldiers and Chavistas danced in the streets under a banner reading "The People and Armed Forces recovering our cultural heritage and the spirit of Christmas". Hugo says it’s Christmas! Dance, peasants! There are as yet few signs that others have heeded the president’s call, although one Caracas garage has erected a snowman and a red-suited Santa, which are sweltering under the hot sun. Not a good sign, Hugo. Who do you think you are, Fidel? |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #5 Why would a religious holiday be important to a Socialist dictator? |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-10-30 8:29:28 PM |
| #4 Prediction: no matter how Chavez leaves power, it will be "blamed" on the US, and the left will mourn it. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2003-10-30 12:42:34 PM |
| #3 "Yes we need a little Christmas, right this very minute...we need a little Christmas now..." /show tunes |
| Posted by: seafarious 2003-10-30 11:46:37 AM |
| #2 and there was also a severe shortage of beer. No beer! It was hell!!! LOL! I can see whiskey on a Sunday, but beer on Christmas....tu3031 you made my morning... |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-10-30 11:31:05 AM |
| #1 Ah, from Al Guardian. Sigh. Chevy is a megalomaniac and I predict an ugly end... That day will be Christmas for the Venezuelans. Al Guardian, unfortunately, will be here until the end of time, droning on and on and on... |
| Posted by: .com 2003-10-30 10:34:52 AM |