Venezuela: Latin America in Deferment · Global Voices
David Sasaki

“In Latin America, revolutions are also a non-traditional product for export. It is a matter of a charm that is as typical of us as pretentiousness or corn, mariachis or chocolate. We also have sentimental caudillos, necessary rebels, a class of heroes that can no longer be found anywhere else in the world. People that seem to have been taken out of a forgotten cinema epic. We are almost the planet’s retro TV channel. All those who still feel a nostalgia for history can come here.” That comes from Alberto Barrera Tyszka whose El Nacional column has been translated by Guillermo Parra.