The Bolivarian Revolution has now declared war to … the English language.
By presidential mandate, Venezuelans are now being asked to avoid the use of English-language business and tech words. Included in the Spanish-only campaign are: staff, marketing, passwords, mouse, meeting. So from now on, when in Venezuela, please stick to personal, mercadeo, contraseña, ratón and reunión.
A massive campaign launched this week by CANTV is exhorting Venezuelans to “Say it in Spanish. Say it with pride.” (In Spanish, of course)
And in case you are wondering what I think about the whole thing: I think Chávez is not crazy. He’s just muy loco!
Photo: France24
I think Chavez has been chewing too much coca – or smoking too much hashish and shooting too much heroin that he gets from his Hezbollah buddies.
Uuuummmm….
Estoy de acuerdo. I always used Spanish for those words, since they exist. Lo siento, soy una purista.
Pienso que cualquier país es libre de adoptar el lenguaje que le venga en gana, españa está a muy poca distancia de inglaterra, francia y portugal y defiende correctamente su idioma de negocios utilizando términos propios. Es cuestion de identidad.