Dept. of Cocaine Socialism:
Chavez riding the white horse
Fresh of his stint as a negotiator with the FARC, Hugo Chavez tells the world that he uses coca on a regular basis. No, not cocoa. Coca. Think back to your D.A.R.E. class.
There’s speculation about the actual product that he uses, which as far we’re told isn’t cocaine proper, but coca leaf and paste. Both are nontheless illegal in Venezuela. Surely enough to set some alarms off. Right?
Apparently, it didn’t the first time Chavez craved some coca. The Miami Herald also reports that while visiting a kitchen in Caracas, he “suggested using the kitchen’s ovens to bake bread made from a special coca-based flour” and said:
“We could try that here, as part of that effort to de-Satanize a product that our indigenous people have been producing for centuries.”
Most disconcerting quote of the article, though?
”I chew coca every day in the morning…and look how I am.”
And with that, Hugo Chavez just may be 2008’s “Just Say No” campaign.
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Source:
Chávez says he chews coca daily Miami Post
