Jonn Lilyea
Chavez Voodoo dolls on the streets of Colombia
Posted by Jonn Lilyea on June 18, 2008
My wife thought this was hilarious, so you get this story (ABC Australia);
Diplomatic tensions between Colombia and Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez have generated fierce rhetoric, political protests and even troop movements along the frontier between the Andean neighbors.
Now a Colombian designer has come up with an idea he hopes will create a humorous way to deal with local anger over the man many in his country consider a threat to national security - a fake Chavez voodoo doll complete with a set of needles.
An idea sure to enrage many Venezuelans who see Mr Chavez as a savior who has empowered his country’s poor, the ‘Chavez Personal Voodoo Doll’ is a cushion with a printed likeness of the anti-US leader and is sold in two Bogota boutiques for $6.
“People ask if this is not an aggressive thing, but I think it is really the opposite,” doll creator Nicolas Mendoza said.
“It’s better for people to stab a pin into a cloth doll than do some real violence.”
In fact, I think it’s a pretty funny, too. But I’m sure it’ll spawn a government program in Venezuela to mandate a George Bush and Uribe voodoo doll for every child.
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