Quote of the day
“No es la espada de Bolívar, es la chequera de Venezuela la que camina por América Latina.”
Manuel Rosales, upon announcing his campaign team.
Trans: “It’s not Bolívar’s sword, but rather Venezuela’s checkbook that is marching through Latin America.”
Note: This is in reference to Chavez’s famous saying that Bolivar’s sword, i.e. his revolution, was on the march through Latin America.
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