Hugo Chavez continues to stand as the Vanguard of the Revolution in Venezuela and hero to twentysomething American boys in horn-rimmed glasses on college campuses everywhere.
Via Reuters:
Venezuela’s Congress, dominated by allies of socialist President Hugo Chavez, has approved a revamp of the national coat of arms to ensure its white horse gallops left instead of right.
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Last year Chavez dismissed the horse image saying “it’s not even Venezuelan, it’s an imperialist horse” after researching that it was originally designed by a British diplomat. But he cited historical reasons for the change.
“The horse now faces left with its head forward to the future, a white, free, untamed horse, as our nation is free as never before,” lawmaker Cilia Flores said late on Tuesday after the law was passed.
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