The Red Gorilla and Christopher Columbus

Chavez, Venezuela´s Red Gorilla, has decreed that Christopher Columbus was guilty of genocide and has ordered any statue dedicated to him, to be removed from public places.

It is typical of people who ignore their past and history, to invent categories and live according to their inventions and imaginations. Venezuela, and its President, are a product of their ancestors, which by the way, are only in a small part of Spanish origin. Their country was ignored in Imperial Spain as a worthless territory ( Oil was not apart of the equation then), and the only people who could travel and settle their were those who were not allowed elsewhere in the South American colonies. That is mainly outcasts and thiefs, prostitutes and murderers who escaped from justice and arrived to a remote area with no known riches at the time.

In any case, Mr Chavez, you have been independent for 200 years. If, in that time, you feel that not enough has been done for the indigenous peoples of the continent, I suggest you look for responsabilities at home. In those 200 years your people certainly have done very many wrong things. I myself cannot think of any good deed though...

Your ancestors ( if you know who they were that is) were the ones who emigrated to that small piece of the Empire, not mine. My family stayed back home and later had the good taste of moving to the US instead of into your mosquito ( the best of the land mind you) infested territory full of the most presumptous and unbearable people on earth. Like you, sir ( in low case, yes).

Mr. Chavez, you may be able to destroy statues of Columbus, but when you are long gone down the drains of History, good ol´ Cristoforo will still be remembered for what he did for the world, including laying the conditions for someone like you to enjoy brief notoriety for all the wrong reasons.