Saturday, September 02, 2006

Narvaez Square under the negligent supervision of the revolution In 1982 when the subway station in La Hoyada in downtown Caracas was opened, the Metro de Caracas honored artist Francisco Narvaez by creating the Narvaez Plaza and placing a sculpture by him which perhaps could be considered today to be ironically called "Harmony of volume and space" in the middle of the square. This is a picture of the square, the sculpture and the entrance to the subway circa 1999: Due to the populist nature of the Government, the Mayor of the Libertador District of Caracas allowed street vendors to invade numerous public places in the cities to sell their wares. The Plaza Narvaez was one of those places invaded. The Mayor of that district appears to have since regretted what he did, attempting to move street vendors from certain areas. A year ago, they claimed they would clear Narvaez Plaza, but so far they have apparently made no effort to do so. The sculpture sits there, in the middle of the stalls, as if trying not to drown in the sea of tin and canvas roofs: Little needs to be said, this is what happens when populism, negligence and incompetence take over. This is another accomplishment of the "pretty" revolution.(Thanks Freddy F.and not Bernal) 11:21:13 PM    comment []

Random Musings on a Saturday morning --If controlled prices went up 1.5% in the month of August, who is controlling them? --Whatever happened to Telesur? --What can Chavez attack Rosales' record on the environment, given his dismal record on the subject? --Why is intolerance an intrinsic trait of the new pseudo-Democratic Latin American left? --Why did the Court force CANTV to pay retired workers minimum salary (even if they receive the same from social security), while the Government can retire them paying less? --Would Chavez resign if he loses the proposed referendum approving his indefinite reelection? --Why does Carabobo Governor Acosta Carles want to expropriate the golf course of Valencia Country Club if land is not a problem there? --Why are the ads by the Mayor's office and Chavez' MVR party calling for new voters to register identical and why do they use the colors of MVR in both? --Why are the search engines of Venezuelan newspapers so crummy? --Where is the money for the reconstruction of Vargas state? Where is the investigation into it --Why can Chavez' MVR use the communist party's red color? --Where is Adinas Bastidas? --What does it mean to say Globovision helped Carlos Ortega escaped? 2:00:25 PM    comment []