joe, i know it sounds terrible but the masses in venezuela seem to be bought for beads.. remember the north american indians? here's $20 worth of beads for manhatten...

imo, ..your average venezuelan mayor in the "sifontes district" does'nt know the differance between a "million" and a "billion"......

call it what you will.....but after reading 1000's of local stories.......these folks are "uneducated"! a couple hundred toys given directly to them is probably worth more than they have seen from $30mil given to thier governor.....