President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela waves while he waits the arrival of Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos at Macagua Hydroelectric compound in Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela, August 11, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
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WORLDVIEW: Venezuelan message for SA – dump Chavez, embrace Einstein
The reality of Julius Malema's vision played out in violence-wracked Venezuela, where its deeply unpopular president took a final step to dictatorship.
Life is full of delicious ironies. Including how a young Albert Einstein, the personification of human genius, was systematically turned down by virtually every European academic institution.
We saw another example over the weekend.
On Saturday, rising politician Julius Malema basked in the adoration of thousands, repeating his mission to transform South Africa into a socialist utopia. Yesterday, the reality of this vision played out in violence-wracked Venezuela where its deeply unpopular president took a final step to dictatorship with a rigged election for a supreme political body.
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