Chávez's Daughter Poses With Dollar Bills, Unleashes Anger, Internet Meme

[hack89]

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez is known for railing against U.S. capitalism. And it's not just talk. Since 2003, his government has made it very hard for Venezuelans to trade foreign currency.

So you can just imagine the uproar in the country when his 14-year-old daughter Rosinés Chávez published a picture of herself covering half her face with a wad of dollar bills.

Of course, all of this is a big deal because her father is known to rail against imperialism and capitalism. So a daughter with access to dollars and American luxuries smacks of hypocrisy.

"Rosines's picture, for many Venezuelans, highlights the parallel system at work: easy access for those close to Chavez, restrictions for those with no connections."

Some animals are more equal than others.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/01/26/145906543/ch-vezs-daughter-poses-with-dollar-bills-unleashes-anger-internet-meme

[Cleita]

1. $2 bills? They've got their panties in a wad over $2 bills?

I think the girl was pranking.

[MADem]

2. at least it's not hundreds, I suppose...but you'd think she'd have euros or rials or something...

Bet she's grounded, Big Time!!

[white_wolf]

3. That's the problem with being a world leader.

If your kids get mad at you, they can cause an international incident. To be fair, it doesn't look like she has more than 20$ there.

[MADem]

5. The problem is that average people have a hard time exchanging money.

There's a three grand limit and the exchange rate sucks. It's the whole "do as I say, not as I do" thing. One rule for the rich, another for everyone else.

On the amusing side, though, she's started a trend: http://www.hispanicallyspeakingnews.com/notitas-de-noticias/details/flashin-cash-chavez-daughter-posts-photos-holding-u.s.-money-venezuela/13577/

In recent years, Chavez’s government has worked to control the sale of U.S. dollars in Venezuela in an attempt to keep investors from taking their money out of the country, As a result, the government has been limiting the number of dollars each person can purchase in a year.
By posting the photo, Rosines outraged Venezuelans who say the U.S. dollar policy is just an attempt by the government to keep a tight hold on residents.
In Venezuela, people have to go through the government to purchase dollars and are often unable to buy as much as they need or want.
The First Daughter’s photo posed an interesting question however: Why is it so easy for Chavez’s family and friends to obtain American dollars, but so difficult for everyone else?
Since posting the photo, “Rosinesing” has begun with many taking to Twitter and Instagram to post photos of themselves holding up items or other money to cover half of their face as the teen did in her photo.

[octothorpe]

4. *facepalm* kids....

Other than it being amusing to see that leaders kids can be troublesome everywhere in the world, I don't see how any true outrage can come from this. It's not like there are a shortage of real issues to take issue with (right or wrong)...