通过 雅虎新闻, the caption reads: “A student protestor holds a placard during a demonstration against constitutional reforms in Caracas November 1, 2007. The placard reads, “The reform smells like sulphur”. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (VENEZUELA).”

The sulfur reference, you’ll recall, is an allusion to Venezuelan thug-o-crat Hugo Chavez’s unhinged U.N. speech.

“”改革” are a naked power grab:

Venezuelan riot police broke up demonstrations opposing President Hugo Chavez’s plan to overhaul the constitution, using tear gas and water cannons to send student protesters fleeing through downtown Caracas.

Thousands of students and other citizens tried to push through lines of shield-wielding police to reach the elections regulator building, demanding Chavez delay a referendum expected next month on his constitutional plan. The proposal would increase the president’s power and help implement socialism.

A group of students made it into the regulator’s office and tried to chain themselves to a staircase to demand a meeting with government officials, according to images broadcast on Globovision cable news. Others sought to break through a barricade of Humvees and riot police outside. Globovision showed one student with a bloody face held down and being searched.

“We’re playing with our country’s future,” said Luis Rodriguez, a law student at the Universidad Central de Venezuela, in comments broadcast by the cable news station. “All youth, all Venezuelans who believe in democracy, have to stop this.”

Keep the brave student protesters in your prayers.

西恩·潘、丹尼·格洛弗、凯文·史派西和娜奥米·坎贝尔 无法发表评论。

Oh, no, wait! I found a comment from socialist supertool 纳奥米·坎贝尔:

“I’ve been here for 24 hours and I’m amazed to see the love and encouragement for the social programs that you have here for women and children in Venezuela,” the British fashion model said.