Clownish revolution: how to reinvent history

One of the things that puzzles me is the way the Chávez regime can reinvent history. Basically, the vast majority of Chávez's honchos are either military coup mongers or former AD politicians who now wear red shirts and a group of extreme lefties who were supposed to be the foes of the military who are now in power. So now you have in power people like Rodriguez Chacín, one of Chávez's former ministers, who was killing people in the IV Republic in his special commando against the left winged guerrilla and you also have people like Soto, who was a guerrillero and is now president of the National Assembly.

Now take this: Monagas state. Monagas is in the Eastern Llanos. The state used to depend on agriculture, but now most good jobs go to the oil industry. The state is called after two very corrupt and shameless Venezuelan caudillos of the XIX century. The current governor is José Gregorio Briceño. He was a former AD politician but was expelled in the late eighties. He became the mayor of the Cedeño municipality from 1993 to 1999.

He has been governor of Monagas since 2004. His brother, Pedro, has been mayor of the Cedeño Municipality since 2004. 

Here you can read in Spanish a tacky article about how Pedro Briceño used some of the petrodollars to refurbish a school that badly needed it. He is described as a big patron:

"In the event...school director Alejandro Cabezas...thanked the local mayor for the work...specially for the water service, which was working only partially for over 30 years now...now, thanks to the mayor...Cabezas defended the Briceño administration..."

Now, let's see: 30 years ago was 1982. Cedeño's brother was the mayor of that region from 1993 to 99, he has been governor of the state for 8 years. Pedro has been mayor there for 10 years already.

And that municipality is one of the most pro-Chávez in Monagas.  Isn't that mental?

	municipio Cedeño	estado Monagas
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993	José Gregorio Briceño
1994	José Gregorio Briceño
1995	José Gregorio Briceño
1996	José Gregorio Briceño
1997	José Gregorio Briceño
1998	José Gregorio Briceño
1999	José Gregorio Briceño
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004	Pedro Briceño	José Gregorio Briceño
2005	Pedro Briceño	José Gregorio Briceño
2006	Pedro Briceño	José Gregorio Briceño
2007	Pedro Briceño	José Gregorio Briceño
2008	Pedro Briceño	José Gregorio Briceño
2009	Pedro Briceño	José Gregorio Briceño
2010	Pedro Briceño	José Gregorio Briceño
2011	Pedro Briceño	José Gregorio Briceño