Interim Venezuelan President Curses Those Who Vote Against Him
Magical, bad-things-happen-to-you curses
The acting president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, has put a curse on citizens who do not vote for him in next week's election.
He likened his main rival candidate, Henrique Capriles, to Spanish conquerors fighting indigenous people in the 16th Century.
A centuries-old curse, he said, would fall on those who did not vote for him.
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Given that probably 99% of the world's population won't vote for him, because they can't, I'd say we will all be screwed by the curse of the dummy.