When I saw the name of the article I thought it was something very stupid from Chavez. But if you watch the video on youtube (and know spanish) you'll understand what he really meant. First he criticizes how toys and electronics are made this day to last very few days, weeks or months so consumers buy more of them. He uses a talking barbie doll as an example, but we can relate this to things like game consoles, cars, tvs, and so on (noone here can deny OLDER technology was better built and lasted longer, and in my opinion this is probably done on purpose so people end up buying more). Also, he criticizes how dolls that have no value other than to teach superficial things to children (for example the barbie dolls at are always thin, wear skimpy clothes, ect) are produced instead of toys with cultural value. Then he criticizes videogames as poison, but what he criticizes especifically is how games can portray the bombig of cities, wars, and the mass killings of people as something acceptable.

In my opinion, I think his speech was good and I think all of you just read the article title and bashed him on such limited information...

Quoting TheRockness:

They should have never given them ******** money!

"What did the five fingers say to the face?"

You get a vote up with the Mickey Mouse observation.

I'm thinking more that with his hate for the US and anything stateside, maybe he doesn't know the Playstation is from Japan?

Entertainment is ... well, entertainment in most places that aren't Venezuela.

Unfortunatly, for Venezuela, entertainment is wholly controlled by the government and Hugo Chavez. They used to be private companies that could show what they wanted, but he (Chavez) has forced the newspapaers, TV stations and radio stations to become government controlled, and show what he wants... Which as in the case with dictators, is... him.