In 1982 when the subway station in La Hoyada in downtown Caracas was opened, the Metro de Caracas honored artist Francisco Narvaez
by creating the Narvaez Plaza and placing a sculpture by him which perhaps could be considered today to be
ironically called “Harmony of volume and space” in the middle of the
square. This is a picture of the square, the sculpture and the entrance
to the subway circa 1999:
Due
to the populist nature of the Government, the Mayor of the Libertador
District of Caracas allowed street vendors to invade numerous public
places in the cities to sell their wares. The Plaza Narvaez was one of
those places invaded. The Mayor of that district appears to have since
regretted what he did, attempting to move street vendors from certain
areas. A year ago, they claimed they would clear Narvaez Plaza, but so
far they have apparently made no effort to do so. The sculpture sits
there, in the middle of the stalls, as if trying not to drown in the
sea of tin and canvas roofs:
Little
needs to be said, this is what happens when populism, negligence and
incompetence take over. This is another accomplishment of the “pretty”
revolution.(Thanks Freddy F.and not Bernal)
The Devil's Excrement 
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