Venezuelan congress approves new flag

President Hugo Chavez has pulled Venezuela steadily to the left, and now he’s even got the horse on the national flag running that way.

Venezuelan congress approves new flag
Wed, 08 Mar, 2006 - 17:20

President Hugo Chavez has pulled Venezuela steadily to the left, and now he’s even got the horse on the national flag running that way.

Venezuela’s solidly pro-Chavez National Assembly has given final approval to changes in the flag proposed by the socialist president: an eighth star and a turnabout of the horse that until now has galloped to the right.

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