So President Chavez is dead; no more "raspberry beret" then.
I shall, in a way, miss his absurd - indeed sometimes almost surreal - rants; I suppose every stage needs a comedian sometimes.
For the Cubans' sake I hope that whichever of his socialist henchmen takes his place will be as generous as the late-lamented one; and for the Venezuelans' sake that the replacement might have at least a minimum understanding of economics or even a basic education.
There's an old joke:
"What would happen if the Sahara desert was taken over by communists?"
Nothing for a few years and then there'd be a shortage of sand."
With arguably the world's largest oil reserves, these socialist goons have a country with crumbling infrastructure and have had even to devalue their currency. Typical left-wing balls-up - and remember that they have nationalised everything - normally the kiss of death it is true. If a real lefty takes over I suppose they'll start making an atom bomb like that clown in North Korea.
Sic transit gloria - or perhaps not.
Until the next time
