PoliticsChavismo Certain Complications By Francisco Toro - December 30, 2012 0 Caracas Chronicles is 100% reader-supported. Support independent Venezuelan journalism by making a donation. Donate with Card Donate with Crypto Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) Related
Can we thank the Cuban influence for the distinctly 20th century tinpot dictatorship sense of ceremony? I can’t remember the last time I saw an important statement using a newspaper to date it or using paper as a teleprompter. Reply
And one has to ask where in Cuba there is actually a depiction of Bolivar’s mixed race alter ego on the wall too… Reply
Can we thank the Cuban influence for the distinctly 20th century tinpot dictatorship sense of ceremony? I can’t remember the last time I saw an important statement using a newspaper to date it or using paper as a teleprompter.
Very 1970s.
And one has to ask where in Cuba there is actually a depiction of Bolivar’s mixed race alter ego on the wall too…