It's not just those wacky Euros. Now Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez wants to ban observation of Halloween in his country, too. Like my friend Giordano Giardano (see first link), and a bunch of silly Austrian mayors, he claims it is an evil American custom.

TECHNORATI TAGS: HUGO CHAVEZ, VENEZUELA, HALLOWEEN

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Posted by Matt Rosenberg at October 30, 2005 01:30 PM