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Caribbean-Latin America
Leftists shatter Che Guevera monument
2007-10-19
A GROUP of Venezuelans shattered a glass monument to Cuban hero Che Guevara built by the Government of leftist President Hugo Chavez, an area mayor told state television. Jesus Espinoza, a municipal mayor in the mountain state of Merida, said “on Wednesday night (a group) from outside of the municipality inconsiderately destroyed the monument to Che Guevara.”
So certain he is that it was inconsiderate.
Local media reported that a group identifying itself as the Patriotic Command of the Plateau took responsibility for destroying the 2.4m-tall glass monument inscribed with a message to honor the Argentine-born icon of Cuba's 1959 revolution.

“We do not want a monument to Che, he is not an example for our children,” the group said in a note left at the scene of the monument shattered by six gunshots, according to the El Universal newspaper.

Government leaders and the Cuban envoy in Venezuela had dedicated the monument outside the mountain city of Merida on October 8.
That didn't take long. Good.
Mr Chavez, the leader of Latin America's resurgent left, last week visited Cuba to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Guevara's death in Bolivia and boost cooperation with the Communist island.

Mr Chavez, who periodically describes Cuban leader Fidel Castro as “a father” has won repeated elections thanks largely to social spending backed by oil revenues. But polls show close to 40 per cent of the population opposes his self-styled socialist revolution.
It'll need to be 70 percent to dig Hugo out of office, and he'll only leave feet-first.
Posted by:tipper

#8  Mr Chavez, who periodically describes Cuban leader Fidel Castro as “a father” has won repeated elections thanks largely to social spending backed by oil revenues. But polls show close to 40 per cent of the population opposes his self-styled socialist revolution.
What bullshit....this jackass stole all the elections except the first one.
Posted by: wxjames   2007-10-19 21:27  

#7  Leftists have children?
Posted by: Swamp Blondie   2007-10-19 19:44  

#6  Â“We do not want a monument to Che, he is not an example for our children,”

Oh yeah, that sounds like "leftists"...
Posted by: tu3031   2007-10-19 18:04  

#5  Are we sure it was leftists that destroyed this?

Something seems a little off.
Posted by: DoDo   2007-10-19 16:10  

#4  ".... dig Hugo out of office, and he'll only leave feet-first"

Works for me, Tipper.

And the sooner, the better....
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2007-10-19 15:15  

#3  The bad thing about democracy is that demagogues can bribe the public with their own money.
Posted by: Hupusoper Turkeyneck3896   2007-10-19 15:01  

#2  mike i was gonna say the same thing. another thing is i'm tired of seeing the punks in the US wearing the Che shirts when 99% of them have no idea what he was or what he was about
Posted by: sinse   2007-10-19 14:40  

#1  Â“We do not want a monument to Che, he is not an example for our children.”

Yes! Even the Lefties are figuring it out: Che was no hero.
Posted by: Mike   2007-10-19 14:28  

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