The government campaign has strayed well beyond hero-worship towards deification. For years, Chávez’s most fervent supporters claimed he was “sent by God” to help the poor, pointing to his social “missions” that provide subsidised goods and services. Now it is official: Chávez is “the Christ of America” who “gave his life for each one of us”, according to Mr Maduro. So close is he to God that he helped to ensure the election of a Latin American pope, which occurred shortly after he died. The candidate even said, without apparent irony, that the dead president appeared to him in the form of a little bird and that they sang to each other.
No hay comentarios:
Publicar un comentario