This is today’s headline from Caracas’ newspaper 2001: 620 soldies will guard Chavez in Argentina
Not to mention the three special military planes used to fly them there or the 2,000 buses rented by PDVSA to move people to the stadium where Chavez’ speech will take place or the $12 person that is being offered to each person to go.
Quite a change for the humble man elected in 1999 who started a campaign against the luxury trappings of power and said things like:
“I don’t want the imperial paraphernalia of power” or
“I will eliminate bodyguards and credit cards without limit”
“It is enough with a small apartment for me, my wife and my daughter and a man outside in case someone thinks of throwing a stone”
“he gets stressed by the President traveling in a caravan of luxury cars, while bare feet kids populate Caracas”
He also criticized the pomp and ceremony of the Venezuelan presidency, superior to even that of the Spanish royalty.
Well, eight years later, the pomp, the expenses and guards have only increased. Chavez travels in his brand new US$ 80 million Airbus, mobilizes 600 soldiers to his paranoia, the PDVSA jets are back and the credit cards and “special travle” dollars are the rule of the day for Government officials.
And the misery and the kids are still in the streets, even more than before.
That is the revolution.
The Devil's Excrement 
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