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Chavez rails at teen-age breast implants gift fad
Reuters on Yahoo ^ | 9/24/07 | Saul Hudson

Posted on 09/24/2007 8:22:50 AM PDT by NormsRevenge

CARACAS (Reuters) - President Hugo Chavez railed against a new trend in beauty-conscious Venezuela, giving girls breast implants for their 15th birthday.

"Now some people think, 'My daughter's turning 15, let's give her breast enlargements.' That's horrible. It's the ultimate degeneration," Chavez said late on Sunday on his weekly TV show that lasted a record eight hours.

Venezuela is well known for its beauty queens, who have regularly won world crowns, and many women have plastic surgery in the oil-rich country where there is widespread spending on consumer items that would be considered luxuries elsewhere.

But Chavez, the anti-U.S., self-styled revolutionary who came to office in 1999, is seeking to change those attitudes to create what he calls the "new man" to build a socialist society in this South American nation.

Chavez complained about the new fad of giving the plastic surgery operation at 15 -- when Latin Americans celebrate a girl's coming-of-age -- during a diatribe against what he says are Western-imposed consumerist icons such as Barbie dolls.

While breast implants are advertised on TV and banks offer special credit lines for such operations, if girls do get the enlargements they are not expected to become sexually active afterward.

Venezuelans' have a habit of avid consumerism since the 1970s oil boom in the OPEC nation. They have won the nickname of the "Give-Me-Twos" in the tourist destination of Florida for buying double the amount of typical consumers.

Breast implants cost thousands of dollars in Venezuela.

Chavez's answer? He has told his supporters to give away any extra goods they do not need, urging them to leave out in town squares items such as fans or refrigerators.

"I am calling on your conscience, fathers of this country, mothers of this country, they are our sons, they are our daughters," Chavez said.

Still, Chavez, who happily describes himself as ugly, may struggle to change Venezuelans' mind-set to spending on plastic surgery.

In elevators, at huge, jam-packed shopping malls, women can be overheard openly boasting about their recent, conspicuous operations.

(Additional reporting by Patricia Rondon)


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To: ktscarlett66

Tits for Tots!


61 posted on 09/24/2007 9:13:55 AM PDT by 70th Division (If we loose the Republic we have lost it all.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Well - at least Chavez is getting involved in the important issues of the day. Good grief. Who cares?

H


62 posted on 09/24/2007 9:16:16 AM PDT by SnakeDoctor ("Don't worry. History will get it right ... and we'll both be dead." - George W. Bush to Karl Rove)
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Chavez will soon announce that all breasts are the property of the state..


63 posted on 09/24/2007 9:24:58 AM PDT by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Geeezzz- I live in Northern Nevada in the desert.
We have refrigerators, washers, dryers, etc all over out in the desert. One side street has 2 couches and a couple of matching chairs.
Maybe we could clean up the desert by telling Chavez to come get it all and redistribute it to his poorer citizens?


64 posted on 09/24/2007 9:37:50 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: NormsRevenge
Chavez, who happily describes himself as ugly

Only because there is no Spanish word for "fugly."

And I have to say that Hugo's idea to ban breast implants is a bust. I predict it will fall flat. It's sure nothing to puff out his chest about. But what do you expect from such a boob?

65 posted on 09/24/2007 9:40:52 AM PDT by IronJack (=)
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To: Froufrou

There goes lunch...


66 posted on 09/24/2007 9:49:44 AM PDT by cake_crumb (May I never live to see the day America has a 'popular war'. God bless our troops.)
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To: cake_crumb

Don’t starve yourself! You don’t want to look like that!


67 posted on 09/24/2007 9:56:40 AM PDT by Froufrou
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To: redpoll
"Many of you have been in your cups for not being able to fill out your role as young women."

Halfway through that sentence I was SURE you were going to say "in your cups for not being able to fill your cups."

68 posted on 09/24/2007 10:01:51 AM PDT by cake_crumb (May I never live to see the day America has a 'popular war'. God bless our troops.)
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To: Froufrou
that was one of the scariest photos I’ve ever seen. My eyeglasses might crack if I see it again.
69 posted on 09/24/2007 10:04:23 AM PDT by newnhdad
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To: newnhdad; cake_crumb

It pains me to tell you that there are MANY others out there of the same woman.

That is, I assume she’s a woman. It’s hard to tell with all that silicone.


70 posted on 09/24/2007 10:05:52 AM PDT by Froufrou
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To: NormsRevenge

While Chavez is a swine unworthy of breath, I do agree with him on this.


71 posted on 09/24/2007 10:38:02 AM PDT by isrul
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To: NormsRevenge

Savonarola he’s not, but Chavez has finally got something right.


72 posted on 09/24/2007 11:37:17 AM PDT by Dumb_Ox (http://kevinjjones.blogspot.com)
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To: cake_crumb

>>”Many of you have been in your cups for not being able to fill out your role as young women.”

Halfway through that sentence I was SURE you were going to say “in your cups for not being able to fill your cups.”<<

Which would have been WAAAAYYY too obvious.


73 posted on 09/24/2007 12:49:37 PM PDT by redpoll (redpoll)
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To: B-Chan

...and even when it is a half hour off!


74 posted on 09/24/2007 1:12:05 PM PDT by MD_Willington_1976
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To: 70th Division

Omg...lmao here. Never heard that one before!


75 posted on 09/24/2007 8:05:18 PM PDT by ktscarlett66 (Face it girls....I'm older and I have more insurance....)
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To: NormsRevenge

He should rail against the gift of alteration that Muslims give their little girls.


76 posted on 09/25/2007 4:47:03 PM PDT by pianomikey (Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. -Reagan)
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