Chavismo is coming for grandma
… and I mean that literally.
According to La Verdad, a Maracaibo newspaper, José Álvarez, a rural Táchira native, tortured and killed his 80-year old mother because “god” had “commanded him to do so, because that was the only way Chávez would get better.”
Human sacrifices … as if we didn’t have enough to worry about.
Venezuelans on the fringe have long believed in bloody sacrifices, courtesy of our indigenous ancestry. Now, with the influence of Cuban babalawos, these beliefs are rapidly becoming mainstream.
Chavistas really need to get a grip. This whole movement to transform Chávez into some sort of quasi-religious figure is going from pathetic to frightening … to downright dangerous.
El cáncer de Chávez los tiene locos.
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