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They say they want a revolution.
But most visitors are like Cameron Durnsford, a 24-year-old student from Australia who decided to study at a new government-financed university in Caracas. Mr. Durnsford was, admittedly, put off some by the cult of celebrity around President Hugo Chávez, which he says "seems a little bit Maoist."
And if you go carrying pictures of Chariman Mao,...
But Venezuela's revolution, he quickly added, was not to be missed. "You've got a nation and a leader trying to prove an alternative to neo-liberalism and the policies that have ravaged Latin America for 20 years," he said. "That's why people are coming here. There's a sense that it's a moment in history."
A moment like 1919 in Russia, 1949 in China. Before the reality of Communism kills millions of people and spoils the fun.