Chávez vs. the Calendar
Quico says: Hugo Chávez has racked up an impressive list of enemies over the years, everyone from José Antonio Paez to Homer Simpson. This time, though, he’s really kicking it up a notch, taking on that icon of theocratic oppression: the calendar.
The 26 decree laws published yesterday came out in a Gaceta Oficial Extraordinaria that was dated…four days earlier! July 31st was, conveniently enough, the last days when his powers to legislate by decree were still in force.
Obviously, a true-blooded revolutionary like Chávez was never going to let himself get bossed around by some imperialist contraption like the Gregorian Calendar. As far as we can tell, the guy’s still running on the Julian – which runs 11 days behind. In a way, that Gaceta’s post-dated by a week.
You just know what his next big reform is going to be now, don’t you?
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