Venezuelan president says made deliberate verbal gaffe
Venzuela's gaffe-prone President Nicolas Maduro says his latest verbal mix-up was a deliberate attempt to outwit opponents who love to portray him as a buffoon and ignore the socialist government's advances.
In the best tradition of global figures from former U.S. President George W. Bush to Britain's Prince Philip, the 50-year-old Venezuelan leader has been sometimes tripping up during his daily, hours-long speeches.
The latest incident was over the weekend, when Maduro told Venezuelans the government was going to give children 35 million "books and pounds" ("libros y libras"
for Monday's return to school.
That prompted jeers on the Internet from critics, casting Maduro's erroneous offer of millions in British currency to kids as further evidence of incompetence.
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Yeah, you said something stupid on purpose to counter attempts to portray you as stupid...you go with that.