"Che's not a role model for our children"

I love that the AP glosses over the fact that Che tortured prisoners, slaughtered civilians, and waged total war in his pursuit of instituting military dictatorships throughout Latin America.

I don't condone vandalism, but this act made me smile.

Glass Monument to Che in Venezuela Shot
Associated Press

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -A glass monument to revolutionary icon Ernesto "Che" Guevara was shot up and destroyed less than two weeks after it was unveiled by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's government.

Images of the 8-foot-tall glass plate bearing Guevera's image, not toppled and shattered, were shown Friday on state television, which said the entire country "repudiated" the vandalism.

The monument on an Andean mountain highway near the city of Merida was unveiled Oct. 8 by Vice President Jorge Rodriguez and Cuba's ambassador to Venezuela to mark the 40th anniversary of Guevara's death.

Chavez venerates Guevara as a model socialist for all Venezuelans. He named a state-funded adult education program "Mission Che Guevara," and murals of the iconic revolutionary have become a common sight in Venezuela.