Che Guevara monument is shattered by gunfire!revolutionary

CARACAS--A glass monument to revolutionary icon Ernesto "Che" Guevara was destroyed by gunfire less than two weeks after it was unveiled by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's government.
Images of the toppled and shattered 8-foot tall glass plate, which bore an image of Guevara were shown on state television Friday and appeared in newspapers.
The monument on an Andean mountain highway near the city of Merida was unveiled Oct 8 by Vice President Jorge Rodriquez and Cuba's ambassador to Venezuela to mark the 40th anniversary of Guevara's death in Bolivia.
Police said they had yet to identify those responsible.
The newspaper El Nacional published a copy of what it said was a flier found at the monument signed by the previously unknown "Paramo Patriotic Front"

By b bruce on Oct 22, 2007, 09:24 in Friendly Talkzone.

morphus says on Oct 22, 2007, 09:30:

Good! Che was an evil man!

Robert Jorge says on Oct 22, 2007, 09:43:

jajajajajajajaja

Man Tequila says on Oct 22, 2007, 09:57:

This comes at a time when Chavez is trying to change the school curriculum to turn the students into "gueveristos". I guess that sounds better than "guevons".

pues se me antoja que sus cantares son de una tierra desconocida, y yo le dije si a usted le inspira, saber la tierra de donde soy... con mucho gusto y a mucho honor...

static says on Oct 22, 2007, 10:02:

One should not worship false idols.

Monpirri says on Oct 22, 2007, 11:13:

The only idol I have is Mona, the colombian suprema

Annette Taddeo for US Congress 2008

robi666 says on Oct 22, 2007, 11:31:

No queremos ningún monumento del Ché, no es ejemplo
para nuestros hijos. Fue Ministro de Industria y acabó
con la industria cubana. Fue Canciller y aisló a Cuba
del resto del mundo. Fue Director del Banco de Cuba y
quebró la Isla. Fue un asesino a sangre fría. De
manera que (el vicepresidente) Jorge Rodríguez, que
tus hijos y los de Chávez se parezcan al Ché, los de
nosotros nooo En el páramo NO.
Si quieren traer un monumento que sea de
J.F.Sanchez,(Conocido artista merideño), ejemplo de
humildad, amor y sabiduría. Éste (del Che) póngalo en
Sabaneta (lugar donde nació Chávez).

"I am a citizen of the most beautiful nation on earth. A nation whose laws are harsh yet simple, a nation that never cheats, which is immense and without borders, where life is lived in the present."

robi666 says on Oct 22, 2007, 11:32:

Como una acción “abominable�? y “criminal�? calificaron los oficialistas esta reacción que vulnera el contenido profundo y humano de uno de los hombres que recorrió el continente promoviendo la liberación de los pueblos y la libertad del hombre moderno.

esanch36 says on Oct 22, 2007, 11:41:

viva la revolucion against chavez!!!!!!!!!!!!

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries

robi666 says on Oct 22, 2007, 11:57:

Despite the controversies, Guevara's status as a popular icon has continued throughout the world, leading commentators to speak of a global "cult of Che".
You are always too "one sided" in here... let's try to understand and to not forget that not the whole world is made like we want to shape it, and in Venezuela, probably, people liked that monument.

Anyway, "Paramo Patriotic Front" sounds like an AUC group to me...

nine inch nails says on Oct 22, 2007, 12:29:

whoah! Cool!

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NJ C Rep says on Oct 22, 2007, 18:14:

Che: The gap between the rich and the poor does not clean the blood of his hands. He is a murderer underneath it all. as for Chavez, he is an ego maniac.

poco says on Oct 23, 2007, 20:16:

Quote: Venezuela, probably, people liked that monument.

What if it was a McDonalds arch? Would this be a resurgence of Reichstag type incidents or mad cow disease?

"Violence is the first refuge of the incompetent" - Isaac Asimov